[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 167 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 167

To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is 
                         not a licensed dealer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2019

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is 
                         not a licensed dealer.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF A FIREARM AT A GUN SHOW BY A 
              PERSON WHO IS NOT A LICENSED DEALER.

    (a) In General.--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 to transfer a 
firearm at a gun show, unless the person is a licensed dealer.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a transfer to a person 
licensed under this chapter.
    ``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `gun show'--
            ``(A) means an event or function--
                    ``(i) held for the purpose of facilitating the 
                commercial sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms; and
                    ``(ii) at which a firearm is displayed, exhibited, 
                offered for sale, transfer, or exchange, or sold, 
                transferred, or exchanged; and
            ``(B) includes the entire premises, including parking 
        areas, used to facilitate the sale, transfer, or exchange of 
        firearms at the event or function.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) shall be fined an 
amount equal to $10,000 multiplied by the number of firearms involved 
in the violation, imprisoned not less than 1 year and not more than 2 
years, or both.''.
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