[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2917 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2917

  To condition certain justice assistance grants to the States on the 
            implementation of handgun registration systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 1999

 Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee, and Mr. 
  Gutierrez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To condition certain justice assistance grants to the States on the 
            implementation of handgun registration systems.

    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 ``Handgun Registration Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. GRANT REDUCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

    (a) Grant Reduction.--Section 506 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3756) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Information Access.--
            ``(1) In general.--The funds available under this subpart 
        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--
                    ``(A) that each individual to whom a handgun is 
                transferred to complete a handgun registration form 
                that includes, at a minimum--
                            ``(i) information identifying the 
                        transferee, including name, address, date of 
                        birth, and State handgun license number; and
                            ``(ii) information identifying the handgun, 
                        including make, model, caliber, and serial 
                        number; and
                            ``(iii) proof of insurance coverage for the 
                        transferee's liability to any person who, while 
                        engaged in lawful activity, suffers bodily 
                        injury or death through the misuse of that 
                        handgun resulting from the transferee's 
                        negligence; and
                    ``(B) the chief law enforcement officer of the 
                State to furnish information from handgun registration 
                forms to Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
                authorities upon request.
            ``(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).''.
            ``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        term--
                    ``(A) `State handgun registration form' means a 
                form prescribed under State law consistent with this 
                paragraph; and
                    ``(B) `chief law enforcement officer of the State' 
                means the chief, or equivalent officer, of the State 
                police force, or the designee of that officer.''.
    (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 the first day of each fiscal year succeeding the first 
fiscal year beginning 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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