118 HR 60 IH: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-01-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 60IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 9, 2023Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2023.

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FBI report on firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm

Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report on— (1)the number of proposed firearm transfers— (A)about which a person licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, contacted the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; (B)with respect to which the system failed to respond to the licensee within 3 business days; and (C)which were completed in the period covered by the report; and (2)the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.