[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2935 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2935

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to ensure that 
  States have in effect a law that requires a background check to be 
conducted in connection with the purchase of a handgun from a licensed 
                            firearms dealer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 1997

 Mr. Ackerman (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Barrett of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Castle, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
    Engel, Mr. Filner, Mr. Flake, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
 Lipinski, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
    Manton, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
Pascrell, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Scott, Mr. Stark, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, 
and Mr. Yates) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to ensure that 
  States have in effect a law that requires a background check to be 
conducted in connection with the purchase of a handgun from a licensed 
                            firearms dealer.

    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 ``Brady Voluntary Compliance Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT REDUCTION.

    (a) Grant Reduction for Noncompliance.--Section 506 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Background Check.--
            ``(1) In general.--The funds available under this part for 
        a State shall be reduced by 25 percent and redistributed under 
        paragraph (2) unless the State has in effect throughout the 
        State a law which requires that a background check of the type 
        described in section 922(s) of title 18, United States Code, be 
        conducted in connection with the purchase of a handgun by any 
        individual from a licensed firearms dealer in such State.
            ``(2) Redistribution.--Any funds available for 
        redistribution shall be redistributed to participating States 
        that have in effect a law referred to in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Compliance.--The Attorney General shall issue 
        regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
        paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 506(a) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by striking 
``subsection (f),'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on February 1, 1998.
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