[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1171 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1171

  To provide grants to law enforcement agencies to use iris scanning 
  technology to conduct background checks on individuals who want to 
                             purchase guns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2003

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide grants to law enforcement agencies to use iris scanning 
  technology to conduct background checks on individuals who want to 
                             purchase guns.

    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 ``Iris Scan Security Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Attorney General may award grants to law enforcement agencies 
to use iris scanning technology to conduct background checks on 
individuals who want to purchase guns.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION.

    To request a grant under this Act, the chief officer of a law 
enforcement agency shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``gun'' means a firearm (as 
defined in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to carry out this Act such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.
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