[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2618 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2618

To enhance certain prohibitions and penalties relating to certain forms 
                        of firearms trafficking.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2011

 Mr. Quigley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To enhance certain prohibitions and penalties relating to certain forms 
                        of firearms trafficking.

    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 ``Border Security Enhancement Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CERTAIN INTENTIONALLY FALSE 
              STATEMENTS RELATING TO FIREARMS.

    Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs 
        (A) through (C), respectively; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(8) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, subsection 
(b), (c), (f), or (p) of this section, or in section 929, whoever 
knowingly makes any false statement or representation with respect to 
the information required by this chapter to be kept in the records of a 
person licensed under this chapter or in applying for any license or 
exemption or relief from disability under this chapter shall be fined 
under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.''.

SEC. 3. CERTAIN FIREARMS-RELATED OFFENSES CONSIDERED TO BE SPECIFIED 
              UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY.

    Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after ``section 922(1) (relating to the unlawful 
importation of firearms),'' the following: ``section 924(a)(1)(A) 
(relating to misrepresentations relating to firearms),''.
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