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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4082 

To prohibit the private purchase or sale of a firearm or ammunition except 

through a federally licensed firearms dealer, to impose additional requirements on such a dealer, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2019 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the private purchase or sale of a firearm or 

ammunition except through a federally licensed firearms 

dealer, to impose additional requirements on such a dealer, 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 ‘‘Santa Fe High School 

5 Victims Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PRIVATE PURCHASE OR SALE OF 

2 FIREARM OR AMMUNITION EXCEPT 

3 THROUGH A FEDERALLY LICENSED FIRE4 ARMS DEALER. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for an individual to know9 ingly— 

10 ‘‘(1) sell a firearm or ammunition, except to a 

11 licensed dealer; or 

12 ‘‘(2) purchase a firearm or ammunition, except 

13 from a licensed dealer.’’. 

14 (b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(8) Whoever violates section 922(aa) shall be fined 

17 not less than $75,000 and not more than $150,000, im18 prisoned not less than 15 years and not more than 25 

19 years, or both.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. ANNUAL RENEWAL OF FEDERAL LICENSE TO DEAL 

21 IN FIREARMS OTHER THAN DESTRUCTIVE 

22 DEVICES; INCREASE IN LICENSE FEE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(a)(3)(B) of title 18, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 

25 (1) by striking ‘‘$200 for 3 years’’ and insert26 ing ‘‘$500 per year’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘$90 for 3 years’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$250 per year’’. 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FEES.—Effective Jan4 uary 1, 2021, section 923(a)(3)(B) of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’; 

7 and 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘$250’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’. 

9 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FED10 ERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(m) Each licensed dealer shall report to the Attor15 ney General and local law enforcement authorities any in16 stance in which the licensed dealer suspects, or is made 

17 aware, that— 

18 ‘‘(1) an actual or prospective purchaser of a 

19 firearm or ammunition is exhibiting signs of mental 

20 duress, or suicidal or homicidal ideation, or other be21 haviors which alarm the licensed dealer; or 

22 ‘‘(2) an individual has attempted to purchase a 

23 firearm on behalf of another individual. 

24 ‘‘(n)(1) Each licensed dealer shall prominently dis25 play at the business premises subject to the license to deal 


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1 in firearms issued to the licensed dealer under this sec2 tion— 

3 ‘‘(A) the license; 

4 ‘‘(B) the name and license number of each indi5 vidual who is licensed under this section to sell fire6 arms at the business premises; and 

7 ‘‘(C) a toll-free telephone number established by 

8 the Attorney General at which any individual, at any 

9 time of day, may immediately report illegal, sus10 picious, or alarming behavior. 

11 ‘‘(2) The Attorney General shall establish a toll-free 

12 telephone number to which any individual, at any time of 

13 any day, may immediately report illegal, suspicious, or 

14 alarming behavior in relating to conduct at, or on the 

15 curtilage of, any business premises subject to a license to 

16 deal in firearms issued under this section. 

17 ‘‘(o) Each licensed dealer shall successfully complete 

18 an annual training course, certified by the Attorney Gen19 eral, in reducing the risk of gun violence through identi20 fying high-risk behaviors of customers for firearms or am21 munition, and in such other matters relating to dealing 

22 in firearms as the Attorney General shall prescribe by reg23 ulation, that includes at least 40 hours of classroom train24 ing.’’. 


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1 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 923(e) of such title is 

2 amended— 

3 (1) by inserting after the 2nd comma the fol4 lowing: ‘‘suspend or revoke a license to deal in fire5 arms issued to a licensed dealer who violates sub6 section (m), (n), or (o), or’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting after the 2nd sentence the fol8 lowing: ‘‘The determination as to whether to sus9 pend or revoke a license to deal in firearms issued 

10 under this section shall be based on the number of 

11 requirements of this chapter which have been vio12 lated by the licensed dealer.’’. 

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