[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4048 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4048

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain 
   procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain 
       Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2004

  Mr. Gingrey (for himself, Mr. Souder, Mr. Paul, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
 Franks of Arizona, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Wilson of 
South Carolina, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Linder, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Hall, Mr. 
Ney, Mr. Kingston, and Mr. Rogers of Alabama) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain 
   procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain 
       Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.

    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 ``Firearm Commerce Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INTERSTATE FIREARMS TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) Firearms Dispositions.--Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``rifle or shotgun'' and inserting 
        ``firearm''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``located,'' and inserting 
                ``located or temporarily located,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``both such States'' and inserting 
                ``the State in which the transfer is conducted and the 
                State of residence of the transferee''.
    (b) Dealer Location.--Section 923(j) of such title is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``, and such location 
        is in the State which is specified on the license'';
            (2) by striking ```curios or relics'''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following: ``A licensee may 
        conduct firearms transfers and business in compliance with 
        applicable State and local law with any person not a licensee 
        at any location at which the licensee may conduct business 
        under this chapter.''.
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