[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 113 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 113

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that persons comply 
with State and local firearms licensing laws before receiving a Federal 
                      license to deal in firearms.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. Moynihan (for himself and Mr. Chafee) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that persons comply 
with State and local firearms licensing laws before receiving a Federal 
                      license to deal in firearms.

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

SECTION 1. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL FIREARMS LICENSING LAWS 
              REQUIRED BEFORE ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL LICENSE TO DEAL IN 
              FIREARMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 923(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) in the case of an application for a license to engage 
        in the business of dealing in firearms--
                    ``(i) the applicant has complied with all 
                requirements imposed on persons desiring to engage in 
                such a business by the State and political subdivision 
                thereof in which the applicant conducts or intends to 
                conduct such business; and
                    ``(ii) the application includes a written statement 
                which--
                            ``(I) is signed by the chief of police of 
                        the locality, or the sheriff of the county, in 
                        which the applicant conducts or intends to 
                        conduct such business, the head of the State 
                        police of such State, or any official 
                        designated by the Secretary; and
                            ``(II) certifies that the information 
                        available to the signer of the statement does 
                        not indicate that the applicant is ineligible 
                        to obtain such a license under the law of such 
                        State and locality.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to applications for a license that is issued on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

                                 <all>