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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3569 

To require the Attorney General to establish a ‘‘Good Neighbor’’ code of 

conduct for federally licensed firearms dealers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 

Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Ms. 

NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Attorney General to establish a ‘‘Good Neighbor’’ code of conduct for federally licensed firearms dealers, 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 ‘‘Good Neighbor Gun 

5 Dealer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GOOD NEIGHBOR CODE OF CONDUCT FOR GUN 

7 DEALERS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall 

9 establish a voluntary code of conduct for licensed dealers 


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1 (which shall be known as the ‘‘Good Neighbor Code of 

2 Conduct’’) that shall urge licensed dealers, at a minimum, 

3 to— 

4 (1) take such steps as the Attorney General 

5 specifies in the code of conduct to— 

6 (A) prevent the dealer from selling a fire7 arm to a straw purchaser, gun trafficker, crimi8 nal, or other individual prohibited by law from 

9 purchasing a firearm; and 

10 (B) maintain a well-trained, responsible, 

11 law-abiding workforce; 

12 (2) implement a safety plan to detect and deter 

13 firearm theft from the licensed dealer; 

14 (3) cooperate fully with all law enforcement in15 vestigations, and notify law enforcement of sus16 pected straw purchasers of firearms; and 

17 (4) ensure that a background check is com18 pleted before the sale of any firearm. 

19 (b) PUBLICATION.—Within 6 months after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 

21 cause to be published on the website of the Department 

22 of Justice the code of conduct established under sub23 section (a). 


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1 SEC. 3. GOOD NEIGHBOR CERTIFICATION FOR GUN DEAL2 ERS. 

3 (a) CREATION.—The Attorney General shall create a 

4 ‘‘Good Neighbor’’ certification for licensed dealers who 

5 agree to abide by the code of conduct established under 

6 section 2. 

7 (b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 6 months 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

9 General shall report to the Congress on the process for 

10 awarding the certification created under subsection (a). 

11 (c) REVOCATION.—The Attorney General, in the sole 

12 discretion of the Attorney General, may revoke a certifi13 cation granted under this section, for failure to abide by 

14 the code of conduct established under section 2. 

15 (d) PUBLICATION.—The Attorney General shall 

16 cause to be published on the website of the Department 

17 of Justice a full list of licensed dealers to whom a Good 

18 Neighbor certification has been granted under this section, 

19 and shall provide that list to the Congress annually. 

20 SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF FIREARM TRACE DATA. 

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the At22 torney General may disclose firearms trace data to the 

23 public, to the extent that doing so will not undermine an 

24 investigation or, in the judgement of the Attorney General, 

25 otherwise compromise the efforts of law enforcement or 

26 public safety. 


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1 SEC. 5. STRATEGIC PLAN. 

2 Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Com4 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a stra6 tegic plan detailing the efforts to be made by the Attorney 

7 General to— 

8 (1) improve the accuracy, reliability and com9 prehensiveness of firearms trace data; 

10 (2) enhance the identification of licensed deal11 ers who have transferred firearms that have been 

12 disproportionately used in the commission of crime; 

13 and 

14 (3) increase enforcement against violations of 

15 Federal law by licensed dealers. 

16 SEC. 6. DEFINITION OF LICENSED DEALER. 

17 In this Act, the term ‘‘licensed dealer’’ has the mean18 ing given in section 921(a)(11) of title 18, United States 

19 Code. 

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