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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1882

To require that certain notifications occur whenever a query to the National 

Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person listed 

in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File is attempting to 

purchase a firearm, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2003

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

CORZINE, Mr. REED, and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To require that certain notifications occur whenever a query 

to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person listed in the Violent Gang 

and Terrorist Organization File is attempting to purchase 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 ‘‘Terrorist Apprehension 

5 Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PRE2 VENTION ACT. 

3 (a) Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Pre4 vention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘No depart6 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub7 section (j), no department’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 

9 subsections (k) and (l), respectively; and 

10 (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(j) TERRORIST APPREHENSION.—

13 ‘‘(1) INITIAL NOTIFICATION.—If the system es14 tablished under this section determines that a pro15 spective transferee is listed in the Violent Gang and 

16 Terrorist Organization file or a similar terrorist 

17 watch list, regardless of the eligibility of such person 

18 to purchase a firearm, the system shall provide this 

19 information to the employee at the Criminal Justice 

20 Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau 

21 of Investigation that is accessing the national in22 stant criminal background check system (referred to 

23 in this subsection as the ‘NICS operator’). 

24 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCE25 MENT.—Upon receiving information under para26 graph (1), the NICS operator shall immediately pro-
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1 vide the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the De2 partment of Homeland Security, and the terrorist 

3 task force and State and local law enforcement in 

4 the jurisdiction in which the firearm purchase is 

5 being attempted with—

6 ‘‘(A) the name, date of birth, and any 

7 other identifying information reported by the 

8 prospective transferee; 

9 ‘‘(B) the time and place of the attempted 

10 firearm purchase; and 

11 ‘‘(C) the type of weapon, if known, that 

12 the prospective transferee attempted to pur13 chase. 

14 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION OF ORIGINATING AGEN15 CY.—In addition to the notification under paragraph 

16 (2), the NICS operator shall immediately provide the 

17 agency that placed the name of the suspected ter18 rorist on the terrorist watch list with the informa19 tion described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 

20 paragraph (2).’’.

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