[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2261

To amend section 922 of title 18, United States Code, to make unlawful 
 a person's failure to comply with firearm purchase requirements after 
                  moving to a new State of residence.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 July 1 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

Mr. Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 922 of title 18, United States Code, to make unlawful 
 a person's failure to comply with firearm purchase requirements after 
                  moving to a new State of residence.

    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 ``Interstate Gun Control Enforcement 
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH FIREARM PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS IN NEW 
              STATE OF RESIDENCE.

    Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to transport or cause 
to be transported into a State and thereafter to possess in the State a 
firearm any part or component of which has been transported in or has 
been the object of a transaction affecting interstate commerce if--
            ``(A) the law of the State into which the firearm is 
        transported requires a person to obtain a permit to purchase a 
        firearm; and
            ``(B)(i) within 10 business days after entering the State 
        with intent to reside in the State for a period of more than 30 
        days, the person does not submit an application for such a 
        permit, or another permit for which the standards and 
        procedures for approval are equivalent to a permit to purchase; 
        or
            ``(ii) such an application has been denied, and a period of 
        more than 5 business days has elapsed since the person received 
        notice of the denial.''.
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