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<dc:title>117 S4812 IS: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2022-09-08</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4812</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20220908">September 8, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S370">Mr. Booker</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>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States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory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><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="HE043C63FA931445CA6FA25A54653C478"><section section-type="section-one" id="HB331B56EC32A48E7AE4CBE7A23044FA3"><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="H4B393DAF31164B27AAA8A9C50DFB4B8A"><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Restrictions on the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory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="H4C46FB094C0D41E082802FA84F0DF961"><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><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDB485973E4A415689F6EC4343D2D624"><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H801FD01E2C80418A9BE89655A849610C"><enum>(aa)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1AC37A4B2D2A4ED6AC4BD5DD97EC65E3"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF54FF1BDE8F9416AB851444BBA20CAF6"><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="H2576E5EB974D4C9AB9ABCE8738E1048D" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfer a business inventory firearm of the person—</text><subclause id="H8FBE8BD7C008478BBEA1A199AADFA3F8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">into a personal collection of the person; or</text></subclause><subclause id="HF95B8B711400433F9CC4E63D920FEA05"><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="H170F9FBB7D394187917EB37A98B23611" 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="HC69B2046F7504A8E8AD04E638E29A0E5" 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="HA9D15ACA36884753B684230ED2880D70" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAA910E5BAFA84583A2315B7B9D263EF0"><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="HF5D9AA9B9EE042109441C81317EE768E" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>engage in conduct prohibited by paragraph (1); or</text></clause><clause id="H03ADD63F5BD741AC99E0160B6422794C" 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="HAD07CDFDAD614177A8ABC694C3E60BA6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a license revocation or denial determination that is rescinded.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H5540976931AC4203B229D54C2AC6B56C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Business inventory defined</header><text>Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H152C639D6B7B4CA697B8E940C5EC59E7"><paragraph id="HFD856592E2F8431986DC09FC03A099F6" 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="H0A465E1B31CF467AA807DA15E762264B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 923(c) of title 18, United States Code, 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="H54B71A39EA40459A8130B35929F36356"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87BA7222C8FC40459BCA41BA53B45B97"><paragraph id="H2326CA6FDD164427A7A2AB02F718C6DF" 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="H110723E745374E1EA44C7FD426DAA2C5"><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 title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the last sentence, by inserting <quote>, and shall set forth the provisions of Federal law (including regulations) that 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 at the end.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

