Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2023

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement, Business records, Criminal justice information and records, Firearms and explosives, Licensing and registrations, Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:  <p><b>Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, purchase, shipment, and transport of ammunition. </p> <p>Among other things, the bill </p> <ul> <li>requires an ammunition dealer to be licensed;</li> <li>requires ammunition sales to be conducted in person; and </li> <li>requires a licensed ammunition importer, manufacturer, or dealer to report on bulk sales of ammunition. </li> </ul>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 584 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 584

 To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing 
    of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk 
                        purchases of ammunition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2023

 Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Carson, Mr. Quigley, 
 Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
   Auchincloss, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Ivey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing 
    of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk 
                        purchases of ammunition.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION.

    (a) Licensing of Ammunition Dealers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 923(a) of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the 
        first sentence, by striking ``, or importing or manufacturing'' 
        and inserting ``or''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 921(a)(11)(A) of title 
        18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``or 
        ammunition'' after ``firearms''.
    (b) Requirement for Face-to-Face Sales of and Licensing To Sell 
Ammunition.--Section 922 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``for any person--'' and all that 
                follows through ``(A) except'' and inserting ``(A) for 
                any person except''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(B) for--
                    ``(i) any person except a licensed importer, 
                licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to--
                            ``(I) sell ammunition, except that this 
                        subclause shall not apply to a sale of 
                        ammunition by a person to a licensed importer, 
                        licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer; or
                            ``(II) engage in the business of importing 
                        or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course 
                        of such business, to ship, transport, or 
                        receive any ammunition; or
                    ``(ii) a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, 
                or licensed dealer to transfer ammunition to a person 
                unless the licensee, in the physical presence of the 
                person, has verified the identity of the person by 
                examining a valid identification document (as defined 
                in section 1028(d) of this title) of the person 
                containing a photograph of the person;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ``or armor-
        piercing''.
    (c) Limit on Shipping and Transporting of Ammunition.--Section 
922(a)(2) of such title is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
        ``, or to ship or transport any ammunition,'' after ``any 
        firearm''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or ammunition'' 
        after ``a firearm''.
    (d) Recordkeeping Regarding Ammunition.--
            (1) In general.--Section 923(g) of such title is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
                        ``or ammunition'' after ``other disposition of 
                        firearms''; and
                            (ii) in the third sentence, by striking ``, 
                        or any licensed importer or manufacturer of 
                        ammunition,'' and inserting ``, or any licensed 
                        importer, manufacturer, or dealer of 
                        ammunition,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
                following:
    ``(C) Each licensee shall prepare a report of multiple sales or 
other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes 
of, at one time or during any 5 consecutive business days, more than 
1,000 rounds of ammunition to an unlicensed person. The report shall be 
prepared on a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded to 
the office specified thereon and to the department of State police or 
State law enforcement agency of the State or local law enforcement 
agency of the local jurisdiction in which the sale or other disposition 
took place, not later than the close of business on the day that the 
multiple sale or other disposition occurs.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 4182(d) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``and except as 
        provided in paragraph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of 
        such title,'' before ``no person holding a Federal license''.
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