[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1656 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1656

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 10 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

Mr. Bennett (for himself and Mr. Simon) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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. FIREARMS LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION TO REQUIRE A PHOTOGRAPH 
              AND FINGERPRINTS.

    (a) Firearms Licensure.--Section 923(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended in the second sentence by inserting ``and shall 
include a photograph and fingerprints of the applicant'' before the 
period.
    (b) Registration.--Section 5802 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
``An individual required to register under this section shall include a 
photograph and fingerprints of the individual with the initial 
application.''.

SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW AS CONDITION TO LICENSE.

    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 new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) the applicant certifies that--
                            ``(i) the business to be conducted under 
                        the license is not prohibited by State or local 
                        law in the place where the licensed premises is 
                        located;
                            ``(ii)(I) within 30 days after the 
                        application is approved the business will 
                        comply with the requirements of State and local 
                        law applicable to the conduct of the business; 
                        and
                            ``(II) the business will not be conducted 
                        under the license until the requirements of 
                        State and local law applicable to the business 
                        have been met; and
                            ``(iii) the applicant has sent or delivered 
                        to the chief law enforcement officer of the 
                        locality in which the premises are located a 
                        form, prescribed by the Secretary, indicating 
                        that the applicant intends to apply for a 
                        Federal firearms license.''.

SEC. 3. ACTION ON FIREARMS LICENSE APPLICATION.

    Section 923(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``forty-five-day'' and inserting ``60-day''.

SEC. 4. INSPECTION OF FIREARMS LICENSEES' INVENTORY AND RECORDS.

    Section 923(g)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(ii) for ensuring compliance with the record keeping 
        requirements of this chapter--
                    ``(I) not more than once during any 12-month 
                period; or
                    ``(II) at any time with respect to records relating 
                to a firearm involved in a criminal investigation that 
                is traced to the licensee.''.

SEC. 5. 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 48 hours after the 
theft or loss is discovered, to the Secretary and to appropriate local 
authorities.''.

SEC. 6. RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.

    Section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 
section 5, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(7) Each licensee shall respond immediately to, and in no event 
later than 24 hours after receipt of, a request by the Secretary for 
information contained in the records required to be kept by this 
chapter as may be required for determining the disposition of 1 or more 
firearms in the course of a bona fide criminal investigation. The 
requested information shall be provided orally or in writing, as the 
Secretary may require. The Secretary shall implement a system whereby 
the licensee can positively identify and establish that an individual 
requesting information via telephone is employed by and authorized by 
the agency to request such information.''.

SEC. 7. NOTIFICATION OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF FIREARMS LICENSEES.

    Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) The Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the chief law 
enforcement officer in the appropriate State and local jurisdictions of 
the names and address of all persons in the State to whom a firearms 
license is issued.''.

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