[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1074 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1074

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

                           February 13, 2009

 Mr. Scalise 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 ``Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform 
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 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``, and such 
                location is in the State which is specified on the 
                license''; and
                    (B) in the last sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``transfer,'' after 
                        ``sell,'';
                            (ii) by striking all that follows ``Act'' 
                        and inserting a period; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the 
sale, transfer, delivery, or other disposition of a firearm or 
ammunition--
            ``(1) by a person licensed under this chapter to another 
        person so licensed, at any location in any State; or
            ``(2) by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 
        licensed dealer to a person not licensed under this chapter, at 
        a temporary location described in subsection (j) in any 
        State.''.
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