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Union Calendar No. 4 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1112 

[Report No. 116–12] 

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the 

background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms 

licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

FEBRUARY 22, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Ms. OMAR, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SUOZZI, 

Mr. MALINOWSKI, and MR. KHANNA

FEBRUARY 22, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 8, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 

strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer 

a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee. 


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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 ‘‘Enhanced Background 

5 Checks Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING OF BACKGROUND CHECK PROCE7 DURES TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE A FEDERAL 

8 FIREARMS LICENSEE MAY TRANSFER A FIRE9 ARM TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT SUCH A LI10 CENSEE. 

11 Section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking clause (ii) 

14 and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) in the event the system has not notified the 

16 licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such other 

17 person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this sec18 tion— 

19 ‘‘(I) not fewer than 10 business days (mean20 ing a day on which State offices are open) has 

21 elapsed since the licensee contacted the system, 

22 and the system has not notified the licensee that 

23 the receipt of a firearm by such other person 

24 would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section, 

25 and the other person has submitted, electroniVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Feb 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1112.RH H1112

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1 cally through a website established by the Attor2 ney General or by first-class mail, a petition for 

3 review which— 

4 ‘‘(aa) certifies that such other person 

5 has no reason to believe that such other per6 son is prohibited by Federal, State, or local 

7 law from purchasing or possessing a fire8 arm; and 

9 ‘‘(bb) requests that the system respond 

10 to the contact referred to in subparagraph 

11 (A) within 10 business days after the date 

12 the petition was submitted (or, if the peti13 tion is submitted by first-class mail, the 

14 date the letter containing the petition is 

15 postmarked); and 

16 ‘‘(II) 10 business days have elapsed since 

17 the other person so submitted the petition, and 

18 the system has not notified the licensee that the 

19 receipt of a firearm by such other person would 

20 violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; and’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) prescribe the form on which a petition 

2 shall be submitted pursuant to paragraph 

3 (1)(B)(ii); 

4 ‘‘(B) make the form available electronically, 

5 and provide a copy of the form to all licensees 

6 referred to in paragraph (1); 

7 ‘‘(C) provide the petitioner and the licensee 

8 involved written notice of receipt of the petition, 

9 either electronically or by first-class mail; and 

10 ‘‘(D) respond on an expedited basis to any 

11 such petition received by the Attorney General.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILL13 NESS. 

14 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

15 in each of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) by striking ‘‘adju16 dicated as a mental defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated 

17 with mental illness, severe developmental disability, or se18 vere emotional instability’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 4 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1112 

[Report No. 116–12] 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States 

is not such a licensee. censee may transfer a firearm to a person who dures to be followed before a Federal firearms liCode, to strengthen the background check proceFEBRUARY 22, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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