[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3337 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3337

  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 
Federal standards for licensing firearms dealers and heighten reporting 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1993

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 
Federal standards for licensing firearms dealers and heighten reporting 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF RECIPIENT OF FIREARM.

    Section 922(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(e)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (1) of 
        this section, by striking ``, to persons other than licensed 
        importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, or 
        licensed collectors,''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) It shall be unlawful for a common or contract carrier 
knowingly to deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a firearm to a 
licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed 
collector unless the carrier identifies the person to whom the firearm 
is delivered and makes and maintains a record of the identity of the 
person in such a manner as the Secretary may prescribe by 
regulation.''.

SEC. 2. LICENSE APPLICATION FEES FOR DEALERS IN FIREARMS.

    Section 923(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$25'' and inserting 
        ``$750''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``$10'' and inserting 
        ``$750''.

SEC. 3. ACTION ON APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

    Section 923(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1)'' after ``(d)'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and 
        (E) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively.

SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW AS CONDITION TO LICENSE.

    Section 923(d) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 
section 3 of this Act, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(6)(A) the business to be conducted under the license is not 
prohibited by State or local law; and
    ``(B) the applicant has complied with all requirements of State and 
local law applicable to the conduct of such a business.''.

SEC. 5. INSPECTIONS OF FIREARMS LICENSEES.

    Section 923(g)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``not more than 
        once during any twelve-month period'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``not more than 
        once during any twelve-month period''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``the annual 
        inspection of records and inventory permitted under this 
        paragraph'' and inserting ``an inspection under subparagraph 
        (C)(i)''.

SEC. 6. REPORTS OF THEFT OR LOSS OF FIREARMS.

    Section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(6) Each licensee shall report the theft or loss of a firearm 
from the licensee's inventory or collection, within 24 hours after the 
theft or loss is discovered, to the Secretary and to appropriate local 
authorities.''.

SEC. 7. RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.

    Section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 
section 6 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(7) Within 24 hours after a person licensed under this section 
receives a request from the Secretary for information contained in the 
records required to be kept by this chapter as may be required for 
determining the disposition of one or more firearms, the person shall 
respond to the request, orally or in writing, as the Secretary may 
require.''.

SEC. 8. PHOTOGRAPH AND FINGERPRINTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM PERSON DESIRING 
              TO BE LICENSED DEALERS.

    Section 923(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the 2nd sentence the following: ``Each applicant 
desiring to be licensed as a dealer shall permit the Secretary to 
photograph, and obtain the fingerprints of, the applicant.''.

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