[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6664 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6664

    To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to impose 
 limitations on the transfer of firearms by a person who has received 
   official notice of the revocation of the Federal firearms dealer 
   license of the person, or of the denial of the application of the 
                    person to renew such a license.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2008

  Mr. Kirk (for himself and Mrs. McCarthy of New York) 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 impose 
 limitations on the transfer of firearms by a person who has received 
   official notice of the revocation of the Federal firearms dealer 
   license of the person, or of the denial of the application of the 
                    person to renew such a license.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF FIREARMS BY PERSON WHO HAS 
              RECEIVED OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE REVOCATION OF THE FEDERAL 
              FIREARMS DEALER LICENSE OF THE PERSON, OR OF THE DENIAL 
              OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PERSON TO RENEW SUCH A LICENSE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Limitation.--Section 922 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person who has been 
notified by the Attorney General that the license issued to the person 
under this chapter to deal in firearms has been revoked, or that the 
application of the person to renew such a license has been denied, to 
transfer a firearm from the business inventory of the person into a 
personal collection of--
            ``(i) the person;
            ``(ii) an individual described in section 923(d)(1)(B) with 
        respect to the person; or
            ``(iii) an employee of the person.
    ``(B) It shall be unlawful for a person, individual, or employee 
referred to in subparagraph (A) to transfer, on and after the effective 
date of the revocation or denial (as the case may be) referred to in 
subparagraph (A), a firearm that had been in the business inventory of 
the person referred to in subparagraph (A), except to a person licensed 
under this chapter.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a license 
revocation or denial determination which has been reversed.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 923(c) of such title is 
        amended in the 2nd sentence by inserting ``section 922(aa) and 
        to'' after ``subject only to''.
    (b) Inclusion in License Revocation Notice of Provisions of Law 
Prohibiting Dealing in Firearms Without a Federal Firearms License and 
Limiting Transfer of Firearms by Person Who Has Received Official 
Notice of the Revocation of the Federal Firearms Dealer License of the 
Person.--Section 923(f)(1) of such title is amended in the last 
sentence by inserting ``, and shall set forth the provisions of Federal 
law and regulation which prohibit a person not licensed under this 
chapter from engaging in the business of dealing in firearms or are 
relevant in determining whether a person is doing so, and the 
provisions of section 922(aa)'' before the period.
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