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Calendar No. 39 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 729 

To protect law abiding citizens by preventing criminals from obtaining 

firearms. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 15, 2013 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. LEE, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. 

INHOFE, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. 

RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

APRIL 16, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To protect law abiding citizens by preventing criminals from 

obtaining firearms. 

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 ‘‘Disarm Criminals and 

5 Protect Communities Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF FELONS AND FUGITIVES WHO AT2 TEMPT TO ILLEGALLY PURCHASE FIREARMS. 

3 (a) TASKFORCE.— 

4 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

5 task force within the Department of Justice, which 

6 shall be known as the Felon and Fugitive Firearm 

7 Task Force (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Task 

8 Force’’), to strengthen the efforts of the Department 

9 of Justice to investigate and prosecute cases of con10 victed felons and fugitives from justice who illegally 

11 attempt to purchase a firearm. 

12 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Task 

13 Force shall be— 

14 (A) the Deputy Attorney General, who 

15 shall serve as the Chairperson of the Task 

16 Force; 

17 (B) the Assistant Attorney General for the 

18 Criminal Division; 

19 (C) the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, 

20 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 

21 (D) the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

22 Investigation; and 

23 (E) such other officers or employees of the 

24 Department of Justice as the Attorney General 

25 may designate. 

26 (3) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 


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1 (A) provide direction for the investigation 

2 and prosecution of cases of convicted felons and 

3 fugitives from justice attempting to illegally 

4 purchase a firearm; and 

5 (B) provide recommendations to the Attor6 ney General relating to— 

7 (i) the allocation and reallocation of 

8 resources of the Department of Justice for 

9 investigation and prosecution of cases of 

10 convicted felons and fugitives from justice 

11 attempting to illegally purchase a firearm; 

12 (ii) enhancing cooperation among 

13 agencies and entities of the Federal Gov14 ernment in the investigation and prosecu15 tion of cases of convicted felons and fugi16 tives from justice attempting to illegally 

17 purchase a firearm; 

18 (iii) enhancing cooperation among 

19 Federal, State, and local authorities re20 sponsible for the investigation and prosecu21 tion of cases of convicted felons and fugi22 tives from justice attempting to illegally 

23 purchase a firearm; and 

24 (iv) changes in rules, regulations, or 

25 policy to improve the effective investigation 


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1 and prosecution of cases of convicted felons 

2 and fugitives from justice attempting to il3 legally purchase a firearm. 

4 (4) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall meet 

5 not less than once a year. 

6 (5) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall ter7 minate on the date that is 5 years after the date of 

8 enactment of this Act. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS.—Section 

10 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

12 the end; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(J) the investigation and prosecution of cases 

18 of convicted felons and fugitives from justice who il19 legally attempt to purchase a firearm, in accordance 

20 with the Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities 

21 Act, provided that— 

22 ‘‘(i) not more than $10,000,000 shall be 

23 available to the Attorney General for each of 

24 fiscal years 2014 through 2018 under this sub25 paragraph; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) not more than 5 percent of the 

2 amounts made available under this subpara3 graph may be used for the administrative costs 

4 of the task force established under the Disarm 

5 Criminals and Protect Communities Act.’’. 


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Calendar No. 39 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 729 

A BILL 

To protect law abiding citizens by preventing 

criminals from obtaining firearms. 

APRIL 16, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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