3.0.0 3634 2019-11-15T22:00:19Z 2019-11-15T22:00:19Z Senate S S 2008-09-26 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T23:01:32Z 2008-09-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9716-9717) IntroReferral 2008-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9716) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-09-26 True Crime and Law Enforcement Business records Commerce Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to law enforcement Firearms Firearms control Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Identification of criminals Sentences (Criminal procedure) Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-07T16:10:02Z End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit a firearms dealer from selling a handgun to an unlicensed individual if such dealer knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such individual has purchased another handgun within the previous 30 days; (2) prohibit an unlicensed buyer of firearms from purchasing more than one handgun during any 30-day period; (3) increase from one to five years the maximum prison term for firearms dealers who make false statements in their sales records; and (4) require background check records to be retained for not less than 180 days.

Repeals prohibitions on the use of funds for: (1) implementation of the national instant criminal background check system for firearms; and (2) background check systems that do not require and result in the destruction within 24-hours of any identifying information for individuals determined not to be prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm.

]]> End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 Display Title End Gun Trafficking Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting bulk purchases of handguns. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3634is/xml/BILLS-110s3634is.xml 2008-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9716-9717) 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.