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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2418 

To require lost or stolen firearms to be reported to law enforcement 

authorities within 48 hours, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. CASTEN (for himself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BROWN, Mr. 

AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of 

California, Ms. TOKUDA, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require lost or stolen firearms to be reported to law 

enforcement authorities within 48 hours, 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 ‘‘Gun Trafficker Detec5 tion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORTING OF LOST OR STOLEN FIREARMS TO 

7 LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. 

8 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following: 

4 ‘‘(aa)(1) Within 48 hours after a person not licensed 

5 under this chapter who owns a firearm that has been 

6 shipped or transported in, or has been possessed in or af7 fecting, interstate or foreign commerce, discovers or rea8 sonably should have discovered the theft or loss of the fire9 arm, the person shall report the theft or loss to the Attor10 ney General. If the report to the Attorney General is not 

11 submitted through a web portal created by the Attorney 

12 General for such purpose, the person shall report the theft 

13 or loss to local law enforcement authorities. 

14 ‘‘(2) Within 72 hours after the Attorney General re15 ceives a report through the web portal pursuant to para16 graph (1), the Attorney General shall notify the chief law 

17 enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the theft 

18 or loss occurred of the name and address of the reporting 

19 person.’’. 

20 (2) REPORTING.— 

21 (A) CREATION OF WEB-BASED PORTAL.— 

22 Within 180 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 

24 create a web-based electronic portal, which 

25 members of the public may use to report the 


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1 theft or loss of a firearm to the Attorney Gen2 eral pursuant to section 922(aa) of title 18, 

3 United States Code, that includes a notice to 

4 users of the penalties under section 924(a)(1) 

5 of such title for knowingly making a false state6 ment or representation in such a report. 

7 (B) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—Sec8 tion 502(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

9 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

10 U.S.C. 10153(a)) is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following: 

12 ‘‘(7) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

13 covered by an application, the applicant will use not 

14 less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 

15 award for the fiscal year to study and implement ef16 fective management and collection of data relating to 

17 lost or stolen firearms reported to a law enforcement 

18 agency of the applicant under section 922(aa) of 

19 title 18, United States Code, unless the applicant 

20 has ensured, and the Attorney General has certified, 

21 that the applicant has in effect such laws and proce22 dures as are necessary to ensure that each such re23 port is forwarded to the National Crime Information 

24 Center.’’. 


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1 (3) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following: 

4 ‘‘(q) With respect to a violation of section 922(aa), 

5 the Attorney General shall, after notice and opportunity 

6 for a hearing— 

7 ‘‘(1)(A) in the case of a first violation, subject 

8 the person to a civil money penalty of not more than 

9 $1,000; or 

10 ‘‘(B) in the case of a second or subsequent vio11 lation, subject the person to a civil money penalty of 

12 not more than $5,000; and 

13 ‘‘(2) in the case of any violation, notify the per14 son of the prohibitions set forth in section 

15 922(bb).’’. 

16 (b) PROHIBITION ON FIREARM RECEIPT AFTER

17 MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, as amended by subsection 

20 (a)(1) of this section, is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘(bb)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person who has 

23 been twice assessed a civil money penalty under section 

24 924(q) to receive a firearm during the 1-year period that 

25 begins with the date of the most recent such assessment. 


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1 ‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for a person who has been 

2 thrice assessed a civil money penalty under section 924(q) 

3 to receive a firearm during the 5-year period that begins 

4 with the date of the most recent such assessment.’’. 

5 (2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of title 18, 

6 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or (t)’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘(t), or (bb)’’. 

8 (c) PROHIBITION ON FALSE REPORTING.—Section 

9 924(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘chapter or’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter, in report11 ing a lost or stolen firearm pursuant to section 922(aa), 

12 or’’. 

13 (d) UPDATING OF NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL

14 BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen17 eral shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to 

18 ensure that— 

19 (A) the national instant criminal back20 ground check system takes account of section 

21 922(bb) of title 18, United States Code, in per22 forming the functions of the system; and 

23 (B) all persons licensed under chapter 44 

24 of such title provide notice of the penalties for 

25 violations of section 922(aa) of such title to any 


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1 person not so licensed who acquires a firearm 

2 from the licensee. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (A) The following provisions of section 103 

5 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 

6 (34 U.S.C. 40901) are each amended by strik7 ing ‘‘(g) or (n)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g), (n), or 

8 (bb)’’: 

9 (i) Subparagraphs (A), (C), 

10 (F)(iii)(I), and (G)(i) of subsection (e)(1). 

11 (ii) Subsection (g). 

12 (iii) Subsection (i)(2). 

13 (iv) Subsection (l)(3)(B). 

14 (B) The following provisions of title 18, 

15 United States Code, are each amended by strik16 ing ‘‘(g) or (n)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g), (n), or 

17 (bb)’’: 

18 (i) Subparagraphs (B)(ii) and 

19 (C)(iii)(II) of section 922(t)(1). 

20 (ii) Section 923(g)(3)(B). 

21 (iii) Section 925A(2). 

22 (C) Paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 

23 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, are each 

24 amended by striking ‘‘(g), or (n)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘(g), (n), or (bb)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

3 take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

4 Act. 

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