[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4709. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Nelson, Mr. 
Reid, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Booker, 
Mr. Udall, Mr. Carper, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
Warner, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, 
Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. King, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, and 
Mr. Murphy) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 4685 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. 
Mikulski)) to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. AUTHORITY TO DENY TRANSFERS OF FIREARMS TO 
                   TERRORISTS.

       Hereafter, the Attorney General may deny the transfer of a 
     firearm if the Attorney General determines, based on the 
     totality of the circumstances, that the transferee represents 
     a threat to public safety based on a reasonable suspicion 
     that the transferee is engaged, or has been engaged, in 
     conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or 
     related to terrorism, or providing material support or 
     resources thereof. A denial described in this section shall 
     be subject to the remedial procedures set forth in section 
     103(g) of Public Law 103-159 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) and the 
     intended transferee may pursue a remedy for an erroneous 
     denial of a firearm under section 925A(1) of title 18, United 
     States Code. Such remedial procedures and judicial review 
     shall be subject to procedures that may be developed by the 
     Attorney General to prevent the disclosure of information 
     that would likely compromise national security or ongoing law 
     enforcement operations, consistent with due process. The 
     Attorney General shall establish, within the amounts 
     appropriated, procedures to ensure that, if an individual who 
     is, or within the previous 5 years has been, under 
     investigation for conduct related to a Federal crime of 
     terrorism, as defined in section 2332b(g)(5) of title 18, 
     United States Code, attempts to purchase a firearm, the 
     Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General shall 
     be promptly notified of the attempted purchase.
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