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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1895 

To improve the tracking of stolen firearms and firearms used in a crime, 

to allow more frequent inspections of gun dealers to ensure compliance 

with Federal gun law, to enhance the penalties for gun trafficking, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To improve the tracking of stolen firearms and firearms 

used in a crime, to allow more frequent inspections of 

gun dealers to ensure compliance with Federal gun law, 

to enhance the penalties for gun trafficking, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Anti-Gun Trafficking 

5 Penalties Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FIREARMS TRACE SYSTEM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Science, State, Justice, Com3 merce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 

4 (Public Law 109–108) is amended in title I, under the 

5 heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex6 plosives’’, by striking ‘‘Provided further, That no funds 

7 appropriated under this or any other Act with respect to 

8 any fiscal year may be used to disclose part or all of the 

9 contents of the Firearms Trace System database’’ and all 

10 that follows through ‘‘section 921(a)(10) of such title):’’. 

11 (b) REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.—Upon receipt of 

12 a written request from a State or local government or law 

13 enforcement agency for information contained in the Fire14 arms Trace System database maintained by the National 

15 Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

16 and Explosives (or any successor database or agency), the 

17 Attorney General shall provide all data in such database 

18 that is responsive to such request for information. 

19 SEC. 3. STOLEN FIREARMS. 

20 (a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

21 ‘‘firearm’’ has the meaning given the term by section 921 

22 of title 18, United States Code. 

23 (b) FEDERAL OFFICIALS.—If a Federal law enforce24 ment agency investigates the commission of a crime and 

25 determines that a specific firearm is known to have been 

26 stolen or to have been used in such crime, the agency shall 


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1 provide information regarding the firearm to the Bureau 

2 of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives, for inclu3 sion in the Firearms Trace System database. 

4 (c) STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.—Section 1702 of 

5 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

6 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(e) STOLEN FIREARMS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 

10 the term ‘firearm’ has the meaning given the term 

11 by section 921 of title 18, United States Code. 

12 ‘‘(2) REPORTING.—If a State or local law en13 forcement agency receiving a grant under this part 

14 investigates the commission of a crime and deter15 mines that a specific firearm is known to have been 

16 stolen or to have been used in such crime, the agen17 cy shall provide information regarding the firearm to 

18 the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Ex19 plosives, for inclusion in the Firearms Trace System 

20 database.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. ILLEGAL FIREARMS TRAFFICKING. 

22 Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 

23 amended by inserting ‘‘section 922(d) (relating to firearms 

24 sales to ineligible persons), subsections (g), (h), and (n) 


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1 of section 924 (relating to illegal firearms trafficking),’’ 

2 before ‘‘section 1028’’. 

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