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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4343 

To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide 

notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a 

background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 

Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 

to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a background check conducted 

by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, 

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 ‘‘Unlawful Gun Buyer 

5 Alert Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 

2 OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED 

3 PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 

5 Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 107. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN8 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE9 ARM. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 

11 check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back12 ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li13 censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 

14 of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 

15 title 18, United States Code), which background check de16 termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 

17 violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 

18 United States Code, and such determination is made after 

19 3 business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted 

20 the System and a firearm has been transferred to that 

21 person, the System shall notify the law enforcement agen22 cies described in subsection (b). 

23 ‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 

24 The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 

25 are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 

26 over the location from which the licensee contacted the 


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1 system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris2 diction over the location of the residence of the person for 

3 which the background check was conducted, as follows: 

4 ‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 

5 Investigation. 

6 ‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 

7 ‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

9 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 

10 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the item 

11 relating to section 106 the following: 

‘‘107. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of a firearm.’’. 

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