[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5736 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5736

  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the 
  owner or lawful possessor of a firearm to report its theft or loss.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2010

  Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. 
Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Israel, 
 and Mr. Kennedy) 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 require the 
  owner or lawful possessor of a firearm to report its theft or loss.

    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 Owners Responsibility Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT OWNER OR LAWFUL POSSESSOR OF A FIREARM REPORT 
              ITS THEFT OR LOSS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person who lawfully possesses 
or owns a firearm that has been shipped or transported in, or has been 
possessed in or affecting, interstate or foreign commerce, to fail to 
report the theft or loss of the firearm, within 72 hours after the 
person discovers the theft or loss, to the Attorney General and to the 
appropriate local authorities.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a)(5) of such title is amended by 
striking ``(s) or (t)'' and inserting ``(t) or (aa)''.
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