[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4559 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4559

         To extend the Brady Law to firearms won in lotteries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2000

Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Lee, 
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Engel, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Napolitano, 
Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Gutierrez) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To extend the Brady Law to firearms won in lotteries.

    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 ``Community Protection From Firearms' 
Giveaways Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BRADY LAW TO FIREARMS WON IN LOTTERIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (y) the following:
    ``(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for an individual who is not a 
licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to 
transfer a firearm won in a lottery (as defined in section 1307(d)) to 
the winner, unless--
            ``(A) a licensed dealer contacts the national instant 
        criminal background check system established under section 103 
        of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act;
            ``(B)(i) the system provides the licensee with a unique 
        identification number; or
            ``(ii) 5 business days (meaning a day on which State 
        offices are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted the 
        system, and the system has not notified the licensee that the 
        receipt of a firearm by the winner would violate subsection (g) 
        or (n) of this section; and
            ``(C) the individual and the licensee have verified the 
        identity of the winner by examining a valid identification 
        document (as defined in section 1028(d)(2) of this title) of 
        the winner containing a photograph of the winner.
    ``(2) The rules of paragraphs (2), (3)(A), (4), (5), and (6) of 
section 922(t) shall apply to a firearm transfer assisted by a licensee 
under this subsection in the same manner in which the rules apply to a 
firearm transfer made by the licensee.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a)(5) of such title is amended by 
striking ``or (t)'' and inserting ``, (t), or (z)''.
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