[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2016 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2016

  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to promote the 
                   responsible transfer of firearms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2015

   Mr. Kaine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to promote the 
                   responsible transfer of firearms.

    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 ``Responsible Transfer of Firearms 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``It 
        shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose 
        of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having 
        reasonable cause to believe that such person'' and inserting 
        ``Unless the transferor has taken reasonable steps to determine 
        that the recipient is not legally barred from possessing 
        firearms or ammunition under paragraphs (1) through (9), it 
        shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose 
        of any firearm or ammunition to a person who'';
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``who,'';
            (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ``who''; and
            (4) in paragraph (7), by striking ``who,''.
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