[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1305-S1306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4655. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. FIREARMS TRANSFERS.
(a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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``(aa)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not
a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed
dealer to transfer a firearm to any other person who is not
so licensed, unless a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken possession
of the firearm for the purpose of complying with subsection
(t).
``(B) Upon taking possession of a firearm under
subparagraph (A), a licensee shall comply with all
requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were
transferring the firearm from the inventory of the licensee
to the unlicensed transferee.
``(C) If a transfer of a firearm described in subparagraph
(A) will not be completed for any reason after a licensee
takes possession of the firearm (including because the
transfer of the firearm to, or receipt of the firearm by, the
transferee would violate this chapter), the return of the
firearm to the transferor by the licensee shall not
constitute the transfer of a firearm for purposes of this
chapter.
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
``(A) a law enforcement agency or any law enforcement
officer, armed private security professional, or member of
the Armed Forces, to the extent the officer, professional, or
member is acting within the course and scope of employment
and official duties;
``(B) a transfer that is a loan or bona fide gift between
spouses, between domestic partners, between parents and their
children, including step-parents and their step-children,
between siblings, between aunts or uncles and their nieces or
nephews, or between grandparents and their grandchildren;
``(C) a transfer to an executor, administrator, trustee, or
personal representative of an estate or a trust that occurs
by operation of law upon the death of another person;
``(D) a temporary transfer that is necessary to prevent
imminent death or great bodily harm, including harm to self,
family, household members, or others, if the possession by
the transferee lasts only as long as immediately necessary to
prevent the imminent death or great bodily harm, including
the harm of domestic violence, dating partner violence,
sexual assault, stalking, and domestic abuse;
``(E) a transfer that is approved by the Attorney General
under section 5812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
``(F) a temporary transfer if the transferor has no reason
to believe that the transferee will use or intends to use the
firearm in a crime or is prohibited from possessing firearms
under State or Federal law, and the transfer takes place and
the transferee's possession of the firearm is exclusively--
``(i) at a shooting range or in a shooting gallery or other
area designated for the purpose of target shooting;
``(ii) while reasonably necessary for the purposes of
hunting, trapping, or fishing, if the transferor--
``(I) has no reason to believe that the transferee intends
to use the firearm in a place where it is illegal; and
``(II) has reason to believe that the transferee will
comply with all licensing and permit requirements for such
hunting, trapping, or fishing; or
``(iii) while in the presence of the transferor.
``(3) It shall be unlawful for a licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transfer
possession of, or title to, a firearm to another person who
is not so licensed unless the importer, manufacturer, or
dealer has provided such other person with a notice of the
prohibition under paragraph (1), and such other person has
certified that such other person has been provided with this
notice on a form prescribed by the Attorney General.''.
(b) Amendment to Section 924(a).--Section 924(a)(5) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``(s) or
(t)'' and inserting ``(s), (t), or (aa)''.
(c) Rules of Interpretation.--Nothing in this section, or
any amendment made by this section, shall be construed to--
(1) authorize the establishment, directly or indirectly, of
a national firearms registry; or
(2) interfere with the authority of a State, under section
927 of title 18, United States Code, to enact a law on the
same subject matter as this section.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a)
and (b) shall take effect 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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