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<dc:title>116 HR 4082 IH: Santa Fe High School Victims Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2019-07-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">116th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4082</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20190726">July 26, 2019</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="J000032">Ms. Jackson Lee</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To prohibit the private purchase or sale of a firearm or ammunition except through a federally
			 licensed firearms dealer, to impose additional requirements on such a
			 dealer, and for other purposes.</official-title></form>
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 <section id="H1F901F61017E408E8E95C33B5132AAD8" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Santa Fe High School Victims Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H17F748BD3C9249DD8BEE752B23EE0B38"><enum>2.</enum><header>Prohibition on private purchase or sale of firearm or ammunition except through a federally licensed firearms dealer</header> <subsection id="HF9CF512E2FE7434F8B4970402FBCF076"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subsection id="HDAD3A8C774A9429C8FE96AFC378F4024"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for an individual to knowingly—</text> <paragraph id="HBD8275308FFF4F60B990326256958674"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sell a firearm or ammunition, except to a licensed dealer; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H290E3669F0524B97AF4212B3EF709B72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>purchase a firearm or ammunition, except from a licensed dealer.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HF0CADAAE58764E91BE03D00116494996"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <paragraph id="H344F6FA6E0EF4EEEAF0A447D1AEFE084" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever violates section 922(aa) shall be fined not less than $75,000 and not more than $150,000, imprisoned not less than 15 years and not more than 25 years, or both.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</subsection></section><section id="H0B1EE64069E54A4EBA616D1BCAAB09B3"><enum>3.</enum><header>Annual renewal of Federal license to deal in firearms other than destructive devices; increase in
			 license fee</header>
 <subsection id="H65839D3CA091451AB3591C16CC0CCA04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 923(a)(3)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H529AAAD1FDE9444BBDEC8446A2B8D690"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$200 for 3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>$500 per year</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6F1BA17925B4DED87EF912ACB59D73C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$90 for 3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>$250 per year</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB888D44231044908CCD812866CC5713"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional increase in fees</header><text>Effective January 1, 2021, section 923(a)(3)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
 <paragraph id="H7577D22F197F4F6B9DC96D854D6131A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF0914D6435B84712BDAD4FDE8FFC57B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$250</quote> and inserting <quote>$500</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBA33F5A9F4A44D4CA5F32EC96407343B"><enum>4.</enum><header>Additional requirements applicable to federally licensed firearms dealers</header>
 <subsection id="H46895DE39F2B4E089D2D86A5FA155815"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EC0A8D4AC244E0E855E89C3B70CFE99" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE5424541FFB3437D8477C96EB1C71CB8"><enum>(m)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each licensed dealer shall report to the Attorney General and local law enforcement authorities any instance in which the licensed dealer suspects, or is made aware, that—</text>
 <paragraph id="H6292283F7C59448FAAD933AD56E648BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an actual or prospective purchaser of a firearm or ammunition is exhibiting signs of mental duress, or suicidal or homicidal ideation, or other behaviors which alarm the licensed dealer; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H56E51484123F459C959EB0C7DA6999C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an individual has attempted to purchase a firearm on behalf of another individual.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6DBE309FD554083B26565C80EC39BE2"><enum>(n)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB41BCEC093334D84A68B34F50B4B611F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each licensed dealer shall prominently display at the business premises subject to the license to deal in firearms issued to the licensed dealer under this section—</text>
 <subparagraph id="H08163A82E7714C418C46A1904E9936FD" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the license;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE31D515DCCDD42B0B852C6ADCCD23BEB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name and license number of each individual who is licensed under this section to sell firearms at the business premises; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB610AB8B2E8423FAF2B4007A8B73E47" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a toll-free telephone number established by the Attorney General at which any individual, at any time of day, may immediately report illegal, suspicious, or alarming behavior.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF26A03BC28E245558756C3B60342B850" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Attorney General shall establish a toll-free telephone number to which any individual, at any time of any day, may immediately report illegal, suspicious, or alarming behavior in relating to conduct at, or on the curtilage of, any business premises subject to a license to deal in firearms issued under this section.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H464A108DFBAB493BACB6267019F680F3"><enum>(o)</enum><text>Each licensed dealer shall successfully complete an annual training course, certified by the Attorney General, in reducing the risk of gun violence through identifying high-risk behaviors of customers for firearms or ammunition, and in such other matters relating to dealing in firearms as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation, that includes at least 40 hours of classroom training.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection id="H2687845C96784A3796E7FB6DFCD943D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 923(e) of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H44D26FA2B4404155B164473E1A82B9F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting after the 2nd comma the following: <quote>suspend or revoke a license to deal in firearms issued to a licensed dealer who violates subsection (m), (n), or (o), or</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HF33D45D3A2544DD49E84E4B275202402"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after the 2nd sentence the following: <quote>The determination as to whether to suspend or revoke a license to deal in firearms issued under this section shall be based on the number of requirements of this chapter which have been violated by the licensed dealer.</quote>.</text>
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