[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 591 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 591

   To prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the 
                   completion of a background check.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2021

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Van Hollen, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, Mr. Reed, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, 
 Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Sanders) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the 
                   completion of a background check.

    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 ``Background Check Completion Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. COMPLETION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    Section 922(t)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(i)'';
            (2) by striking ``; or'' and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by striking clause (ii).
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