[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3481 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3481

 To impose a 2-year moratorium on the issuance of new Federal licenses 
                          to deal in firearms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 1999

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose a 2-year moratorium on the issuance of new Federal licenses 
                          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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Proliferation Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON ISSUANCE OF NEW FEDERAL FIREARMS DEALER LICENSES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 923 of title 18, United 
States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury may not issue a new license 
to deal in firearms during the 2-year period that begins with the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Inapplicability of Hearing Requirement.--The first sentence of 
section 923(f)(2) of title 18, United States Code, shall not apply to 
any application for a new license to deal in firearms that is denied 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) Firearm Defined.--In this section, the term `firearm' has the 
meaning given the term in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States 
Code.
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