3.0.0 1807 2023-01-15T08:03:17Z 2023-01-15T08:03:17Z Senate S S 2003-10-31 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-31T17:10:51Z Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2004 108 3832 HR 2004-04-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2003-10-31 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2003-10-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13711-13712) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2003-10-31 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2003-10-31 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-10-31 True C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2003-10-31 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-10-31 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-10-31 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-11-04 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-12-09 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-12-09 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2004-01-22 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-01-22 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2004-03-12 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2004-03-30 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative fees Business records Commerce Computer networks Court records Criminal justice information Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Exhibitions Families Family violence Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Firearms Firearms control Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Identification devices Identification of criminals Injunctions Law Licenses Retail trade Science, Technology, Communications State courts State laws Telephone Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2003-10-31 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-13T13:29:21Z Prohibits any person from operating a special firearms event without notifying the Attorney General. Sets forth: (1) responsibilities of special firearms events operators and of firearms licensees and transferors other than licensees at such events, including with regard to criminal background checks; (2) special firearms event license application requirements; and (3) penalties for violation of this Act.

Authorizes a State to apply to the Attorney General for, and sets forth criteria for, certification of the 24-hour verification authority of that State with respect to criminal background checks.

Increases penalties for: (1) serious record keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements.

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Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003 Display Title Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at events that provide a venue for the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-31T05:00:00Z 2003-10-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.