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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 139

To provide incentive funds to States that have in effect a certain law.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 3, 2001

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. LEE, Mr.

ENGEL, Mr. CROWLEY, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide incentive funds to States that have in effect

a certain law.

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 ‘‘Handgun Registration

5 Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. GRANT INCENTIVE FOR COMPLIANCE.

7 (a) GRANT INCENTIVE.—Section 506 of title I of the

8 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

9 U.S.C. 3756) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(g) INCENTIVE FUNDS.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds available under

3 this subpart for a State shall be increased by 15

4 percent if a State has in effect throughout the State

5 a law which requires—

6 ‘‘(A) that each individual to whom a hand7 gun is transferred complete a handgun registra8 tion form that includes, at a minimum—

9 ‘‘(i) information identifying the trans10 feree, including name, address, date of

11 birth, and State handgun license number,

12 if applicable;

13 ‘‘(ii) information identifying the hand14 gun, including make, model, caliber, and

15 serial number;

16 ‘‘(iii) information identifying the

17 transferor, including name, address, and

18 date of birth; and

19 ‘‘(iv) proof of insurance coverage for

20 the transferee’s liability to any person who,

21 while engaged in lawful activity, suffers

22 bodily injury or death through the misuse

23 of that handgun resulting from the trans24 feree’s negligence;
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1 ‘‘(B) that each individual who possesses a

2 handgun complete a handgun registration form

3 that includes, at a minimum—

4 ‘‘(i) information identifying the indi5 vidual, including name, address, date of

6 birth, and State handgun license number,

7 if applicable; and

8 ‘‘(ii) information identifying the hand9 gun, including make, model, caliber, and

10 serial number; and

11 ‘‘(C) the chief law enforcement officer of

12 the State to furnish information from handgun

13 registration forms to Federal, State, and local

14 law enforcement authorities upon request.

15 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—The Attorney General

16 shall issue regulations to ensure compliance with the

17 requirements of paragraph (1).

18 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph

19 (1), the term—

20 ‘‘(A) ‘State handgun registration form’

21 means a form prescribed under State law con22 sistent with this paragraph; and

23 ‘‘(B) ‘chief law enforcement officer of the

24 State’ means the chief, or equivalent officer, of
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1 the State police force, or the designee of that

2 officer.’’.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 506(a) of

4 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

5 of 1968 is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (f),’’ and in6 serting ‘‘subsections (f) and (g),’’.

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

8 subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of each

9 fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year beginning 2

10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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