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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3853 

To provide the Attorney General with greater discretion in issuing Federal 

firearms licenses, and to authorize temporarily greater scrutiny of Federal firearms licensees who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or 

had 10 or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 

2 years. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 2015 

Ms. MOORE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide the Attorney General with greater discretion in 

issuing Federal firearms licenses, and to authorize temporarily greater scrutiny of Federal firearms licensees 

who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or had 10 

or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 

2 years. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gun Dealer Account5 ability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GREATER DISCRETION IN ISSUING FEDERAL FIRE2 ARMS LICENSES. 

3 Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘shall issue’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘may issue’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘may be’’. 

9 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF TEMPORARILY GREATER 

10 SCRUTINY OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENS11 EES WHO HAVE TRANSFERRED A FIREARM 

12 UNLAWFULLY OR HAD 10 OR MORE CRIME 

13 GUNS TRACED BACK TO THEM IN THE PRE14 CEDING 2 YEARS. 

15 (a) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY INCREASE FRE16 QUENCY OF INSPECTIONS.—Section 923(g)(1)(B)(ii)(I) of 

17 title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 

18 except that this subclause shall not apply with respect to 

19 a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a court has found 

20 the licensee to have transferred a firearm unlawfully or 

21 the Attorney General has found that 10 or more firearms 

22 used in crimes have been traced back to the licensee’’ be23 fore the semicolon. 

24 (b) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY REQUIRE CON25 DUCT OF A PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF FIREARMS BUSI26 NESS.— 


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1 (1) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of 

2 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala3 ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 

4 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria5 tions Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 

6 113–6; 127 Stat. 248) is amended in the 5th proviso 

7 by inserting ‘‘, unless the rule applies only to a busi8 ness of a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a 

9 court has found the licensee to have transferred a 

10 firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General has 

11 found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have 

12 been traced back to the licensee’’ before the colon. 

13 (2) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of 

14 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala15 ries and Expenses’’ in title I of division B of the 

16 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria17 tions Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 

18 112–55; 125 Stat. 609–610) is amended in the 7th 

19 proviso by inserting ‘‘, unless the rule applies only 

20 to a business of a licensee if, in the preceding 2 

21 years, a court has found the licensee to have trans22 ferred a firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General 

23 has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes 


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1 have been traced back to the licensee’’ before the 

2 colon. 

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