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<dc:title>116 HR 4872 IH: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2019-10-28</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">116th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4872</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20191028">October 28, 2019</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="C001084">Mr. Cicilline</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S001165">Mr. Sires</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S001193">Mr. Swalwell of California</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="N000147">Ms. Norton</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001068">Mr. Cohen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="D000197">Ms. DeGette</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="N000002">Mr. Nadler</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/44">chapter 44</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose
			 Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been
			 revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who
			 has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer
			 business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.</official-title></form>
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 <section id="HB454C9D1C13C4ED4AE56F65113E91003" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H8F76EBC6770146F98FDC137EF4869B52"><enum>2.</enum><header>Restrictions on the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms</header> <subsection id="HC64410B420E042DD9900A84E3A61B5D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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					<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H795F060472B646BABCCB7BA896E04C90"><enum>(aa)</enum>
						<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDB4472AD25EE4A689BDCE600CB8CD868"><enum>(1)</enum>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF71E92B1546343E4994127663A071135"><enum>(A)</enum><text>It shall be unlawful for a person who has been notified by the Attorney General that the Attorney General has made a determination to revoke a license issued to the person under this chapter to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms, or to deny an application of the person to renew such a license, to—</text>
 <clause id="HFA9D8359064845E0AA2767111415B2C1" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfer a business inventory firearm of the person—</text> <subclause id="H131815146E21457787DEC6A2997B3A14"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">into a personal collection of the person; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause id="H35D1CC4C764740BBBE0BC3192561B523"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to an employee of the person, or to an individual described in section 923(d)(1)(B) with respect to the person; or</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause id="HE22F61B535B147E6B1811FBB010F418C" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive a firearm that was a business inventory firearm of the person as of the date the person received the notice.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H586F596343734B8E92D0803E9D67B337" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a license revocation or denial determination that is rescinded.</text>
							</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8706CECC61E04E38A9B302AF2D3F0736" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H05EA7AA3D5E74391BD5AB95134AB8A6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>It shall be unlawful for a person, on or after the effective date of the revocation of a license issued to the person under this chapter to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms, or (in the case that the application of the person to renew such a license is denied) on or after the date the license expires, to—</text>
 <clause id="H3EA682A430F14AFE9490F8E20A8AFE98" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>engage in conduct prohibited by paragraph (1); or</text> </clause><clause id="HC428FE86070F425F86D664C08B35ECF1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transfer to any other person (except a person licensed under this chapter or a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency) a firearm that was a business inventory firearm of the person as of the effective date or expiration date, as the case may be.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1625DD2787C4E1C950350F0715ACB77" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a license revocation or denial determination that is reversed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection id="H7BC1DC20312A445ABAA226C3694ADCB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Business inventory defined</header><text>Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC666D7A7E784424B9037128F170F9B0" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H534001BA5A1A404BB84943750AAA24DF" indent="up1"><enum>(36)</enum><header>Business inventory firearm</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>business inventory firearm</term> means, with respect to a person, a firearm required by law to be recorded in the acquisition and disposition logs of any firearms business of the person.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection id="H80480BA5BC5F481B87620A786EB5FA83"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 923(c) of such title is amended in the second sentence by inserting <quote>section 922(aa) and to</quote> after <quote>subject only to</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H99E06B3988ED4B68B7899C2AAA99E529"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <paragraph id="HCE57F2C5929D41D9B7F61C4BA5631E35" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year (or, if the violation was willful, 5 years), or both.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</subsection><subsection id="H51A61879BC2C413AAC9403939647D0DC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement that license revocation or application denial notice include text of law prohibiting
			 dealing in firearms without a Federal firearms license and restricting
			 transfer of firearms after receipt of official license revocation or
 renewal application denial notice</header><text>Section 923(f)(1) of such title is amended in the last sentence by inserting <quote>, and shall set forth the provisions of Federal law and regulation which prohibit a person not licensed under this chapter from engaging in the business of dealing in firearms or are relevant in determining whether a person is doing so, and the provisions of section 922(aa)</quote> before the period.</text>
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