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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 900

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2003

Mr. NADLER 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 2003’’. 

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: 

11 ‘‘(g) INCENTIVE FUNDS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds available under 

2 this subpart for a State shall be increased by 15 

3 percent if a State has in effect throughout the State 

4 a law which requires—

5 ‘‘(A) that each individual to whom a hand6 gun is transferred complete a handgun registra7 tion form that includes, at a minimum—

8 ‘‘(i) information identifying the trans9 feree, including name, address, date of 

10 birth, and State handgun license number, 

11 if applicable; 

12 ‘‘(ii) information identifying the hand13 gun, including make, model, caliber, and 

14 serial number; 

15 ‘‘(iii) information identifying the 

16 transferor, including name, address, and 

17 date of birth; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) proof of insurance coverage for 

19 the transferee’s liability to any person who, 

20 while engaged in lawful activity, suffers 

21 bodily injury or death through the misuse 

22 of that handgun resulting from the trans23 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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