[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1882 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1882

  To require that certain notifications occur whenever a query to the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person 
     listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File is 
       attempting to purchase a firearm, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2003

Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Corzine, 
 Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Clinton) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that certain notifications occur whenever a query to the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person 
     listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File is 
       attempting to purchase a firearm, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Terrorist Apprehension Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT.

    (a) Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 
U.S.C. 922 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i), by striking ``No department'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (j), no 
        department'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections 
        (k) and (l), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Terrorist Apprehension.--
            ``(1) Initial notification.--If the system established 
        under this section determines that a prospective transferee is 
        listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization file or a 
        similar terrorist watch list, regardless of the eligibility of 
        such person to purchase a firearm, the system shall provide 
        this information to the employee at the Criminal Justice 
        Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation that is accessing the national instant criminal 
        background check system (referred to in this subsection as the 
        `NICS operator').
            ``(2) Notification of local law enforcement.--Upon 
        receiving information under paragraph (1), the NICS operator 
        shall immediately provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
        the Department of Homeland Security, and the terrorist task 
        force and State and local law enforcement in the jurisdiction 
        in which the firearm purchase is being attempted with--
                    ``(A) the name, date of birth, and any other 
                identifying information reported by the prospective 
                transferee;
                    ``(B) the time and place of the attempted firearm 
                purchase; and
                    ``(C) the type of weapon, if known, that the 
                prospective transferee attempted to purchase.
            ``(3) Notification of originating agency.--In addition to 
        the notification under paragraph (2), the NICS operator shall 
        immediately provide the agency that placed the name of the 
        suspected terrorist on the terrorist watch list with the 
        information described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
        paragraph (2).''.
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