[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3639 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3639

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the receipt of 
                 firearms by Federal firearms dealers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

   Mr. Fields of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the receipt of 
                 firearms by Federal firearms dealers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stolen Guns Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF ENTRY INTO COMMERCE OF STOLEN FIREARMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s)(1) It shall be unlawful for a licensed dealer to receive a 
firearm from a person, unless--
            ``(A) the dealer has received from the person a statement 
        of the person containing the information described in paragraph 
        (3);
            ``(B) the dealer has verified the identity of the person by 
        examining a valid identification document (as defined in 
        section 1028(d)(1) of this title) of the person that contains a 
        photograph of the person;
            ``(C) the dealer has transmitted notice of the contents of 
        the statement to the chief law enforcement officer of the place 
        of business of the licensed dealer; and
    ``(2) Within 3 days after a chief law enforcement officer receives 
notice, transmitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), with respect to a 
firearm, the officer shall make a reasonable effort to ascertain 
whether the firearm is stolen, including by contacting the National 
Crime Information Center operated by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation.
    ``(3) The statement referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall contain 
only--
            ``(A) the name, address, date of birth, and social security 
        account number of the person, as such information appears on a 
        valid identification document (as defined in section 
        1028(d)(1)) of the person, which document contains a photograph 
        of the person;
            ``(B) a description of the identification document; and
            ``(C) the serial number of the firearm involved.
    ``(4)(A) A licensed dealer who receives a firearm from a person 
shall retain a copy of the statement of the person referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A).
    ``(B)(i) A chief law enforcement officer who has received a notice 
transmitted by a licensed dealer with respect to a firearm pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(C) shall destroy any record containing information 
derived from the notice, within 20 business days after the later of--
            ``(I) the date the officer notifies the dealer that the 
        firearm is not stolen; or
            ``(II) the date on which occurs the 3rd business day after 
        the date of such receipt.
    ``(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to a firearm if the chief law 
enforcement has reason to believe that the firearm is stolen.
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term `chief law 
enforcement officer' means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an 
equivalent officer or the designee of any such individual.
    ``(6) The Secretary shall take necessary actions to--
            ``(A) ensure that the provisions of this subsection are 
        published and disseminated to licensed dealers, law enforcement 
        officials, and the public; and
            ``(B) promote the reporting of serial numbers of stolen 
        firearms.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) 
        of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(s) shall be fined not 
more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING PROVISIONS.

    (a) Compliance.--The Attorney General shall provide assistance, 
when feasible, to ensure that chief law enforcement officers comply 
with the provisions of section 922(s) of title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Failure to Comply.--If chief law enforcement officers in a 
State fail to comply with the provisions of section 922(s) of title 18, 
United States Code, the Attorney General may withhold up to 25 percent 
of the funds a State would receive under title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

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