‘‘(D) a possession by a licensed manufacturer 
or licensed importer for the purposes of training per-
sons to whom a machinegun, manufactured or im-
ported by the licensee, may be transferred as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B); 
‘‘(E) a transfer to or possession by a licensed 
manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer 
for a professional theatrical purpose if the licensee— 
‘‘(i) is registered under section 5802 of the 
National Firearms Act; 
‘‘(ii) holds a valid permit or license under 
State law to engage in business as a theatrical 
firearms dealer or equivalent statutory designa-
tion; 
‘‘(iii) derives not less than 80 percent of 
income from the firearms business from the use 
of firearms by professional motion picture or 
television productions that are distributed to or 
produced for a national or international audi-
ence; 
‘‘(iv) before possessing a machinegun 
under this subparagraph, provides the Attorney 
General with documentation that— 
‘‘(I) the licensee meets the require-
ments of clauses (i) through (iii); and 
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‘‘(II) the transfer or possession, as 
the case may be, is for such purpose; and 
‘‘(v) establishes that the number of ma-
chineguns sought by the licensee is reasonable 
for the film, production, or performance for 
which the machineguns are requested; or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) A person who receives, possesses, transports, im-
ports, or uses a weapon, ammunition, or a device under 
subsection (b) of this section, shall be subject to a back-
ground check every 3 years by the Attorney General, based 
on fingerprints and including a background check under 
section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Protection 
Act (Public Law 103–159; 18 U.S.C. 922 note) to deter-
mine whether the person is prohibited from possessing or 
receiving a firearm under Federal or State law. Any per-
son who receives, possesses, transports, imports, or uses 
a weapon, ammunition or a device under subsection (b) 
of this section shall be subject to subsections (g) and (n) 
of this section.’’. 
(d) 
IMPORTATION
OF
MACHINEGUNS.—Section 
925(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) is imported or brought in for a purpose de-
scribed in section 922(o)(2); or 
‘‘(6) a machinegun being imported or brought 
in for a purpose described in section 922(o)(2)(E).’’. 
(e) IMPORTATION UNDER THE NATIONAL FIREARMS 
ACT.—Section 5844 of the National Firearms Act (26 
U.S.C. 5844) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) a machinegun being imported or brought 
in to comply with a contract between any person and 
the United States which requires the person to pro-
vide national security services for the United States 
or any training related to the services; 
‘‘(5) a machinegun being imported or brought 
in by a registered importer or registered manufac-
turer for the purpose of training persons who ac-
quire machineguns pursuant to paragraph (1) that 
were manufactured or imported by the registrant; or 
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‘‘(6) a machinegun being imported or brought 
in for a purpose described in section 922(o)(2)(E) of 
title 18, United States Code;’’. 
(f) NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘national security services’ means any 
protective, defensive, or security services provided pursu-
ant to a contract with a department or agency of the 
United States. 
‘‘(37) The term ‘professional theatrical purpose’ 
means the use of firearms in a motion picture or television 
production which is expected to be produced, distributed, 
marketed, or shown by a member of a nationally recog-
nized professional trade association related primarily to 
motion picture and television production, as determined 
by the Attorney General.’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect after the 180-day period that 
begins with the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE LANGUAGE ADDED 
BY THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PRE-
VENTION ACT. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (s); and 
(2) in subsection (t)(1), by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning’’ and all that follows through ‘‘a licensed’’ and 
inserting ‘‘A licensed’’. 
SEC. 204. BAN ON TAX OR FEE FOR BACKGROUND CHECK 
BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACK-
GROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 
Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall not charge any tax 
or fee for any background check conducted pursuant to 
this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 205. ELIMINATION OF WRITTEN PERMISSION RE-
QUIREMENT 
FOR 
SUPERVISED 
HANDGUN 
USE. 
Section 922(x)(3)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking subclause (II) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(II) with respect to ranching or 
farming activities, target practice, hunting, 
or a course of instruction in the safe and 
lawful use of a handgun, as described in 
clause (i), a juvenile may possess and use 
a handgun or ammunition without the 
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prior written consent, if the parent or legal 
guardian is present at all times and the ju-
venile acts at the direction of a parent, 
legal guardian, or other adult who is not 
prohibited by Federal, State, or local law 
from possessing a firearm;’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘except as pro-
vided in clause (ii)(II),’’ after ‘‘(iii)’’. 
SEC. 206. MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURES FOR SHARING 
OF MULTIPLE HANDGUN SALES REPORTS. 
Section 923(g)(3)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and to the department of State 
police’’ and all that follows through ‘‘took place’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘On re-
quest by a State or local law enforcement agency of 
the jurisdiction in which the sale or other disposition 
took place, the Attorney General may provide the re-
port to the agency, unless the agency failed to make 
the certification required by subparagraph (B) for 
the most recent 6-month period for which the certifi-
cation is so required.’’. 
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SEC. 207. BAN ON ELECTRONIC RETRIEVAL OF INACTIVE 
LICENSEE INFORMATION. 
Subsection 923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The At-
torney General shall not electronically retrieve information 
gathered pursuant to this paragraph by name or by any 
personal identification code.’’. 
SEC. 208. TRACE DISCLOSURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(g) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
information required to be kept by licensees pursuant to 
this subsection, or required to be reported pursuant to 
paragraphs (3) and (7) of this subsection, and information 
in the firearms trace system database maintained by the 
National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives, including all information re-
ceived or generated by the Bureau in connection with a 
request to trace a firearm— 
‘‘(i) shall not be disclosed by the Attorney Gen-
eral to any entity, except— 
‘‘(I) to an official of a Federal, State, 
local, or foreign law enforcement agency, or a 
Federal, State, or local prosecutor, solely in 
connection with bona fide criminal investigative 
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purposes or prosecutions, not to be used or dis-
closed for any other purpose; 
‘‘(II) to a Federal official for national se-
curity, intelligence, or counterterrorism pur-
poses, and not to be used or disclosed for any 
other purpose; 
‘‘(III) for use in an action or proceeding 
commenced by the Attorney General to enforce 
this chapter, the National Firearms Act, or 
chapter 3 of the Arms Export Control Act, or 
a review of such an action or proceeding; or 
‘‘(IV) for use in an action or proceeding 
commenced by the Secretary of the Treasury to 
enforce part III of subchapter D of chapter 32 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or a re-
view of such an action or proceeding; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not be disclosed to any Federal, 
State, local, or foreign law enforcement agency, or a 
Federal, State, or local prosecutor, except in connec-
tion with bona fide criminal investigative purposes or 
prosecutions. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to pre-
vent the sharing or exchanging of the information 
among and between Federal, State, local, or foreign 
law enforcement agencies and Federal, State, or 
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local prosecutors solely in connection with bona fide 
criminal investigative purposes or prosecutions, or 
among and between national security, intelligence, or 
counterterrorism officials solely in connection with 
national security, intelligence, or counterterrorism 
purposes. 
‘‘(B) Information in the firearms trace system data-
base maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, in-
cluding all information received or generated by the Bu-
reau in connection with a request to trace a firearm, shall 
be immune from legal process, shall not be subject to sub-
poena or other discovery, shall not be used, relied on, or 
disclosed in any manner, and shall not be admissible as 
evidence, nor shall testimony or other evidence based on 
the information be admissible as evidence, in any civil ac-
tion pending on or filed after the effective date of this 
subparagraph in any State or Federal court, or in any ad-
ministrative proceeding other than a proceeding com-
menced by the Bureau to enforce this chapter, the Na-
tional Firearms Act, or chapter 3 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, or a review of such an action or proceeding. 
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall not be construed to pre-
vent the disclosure of statistical information concerning 
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total production, importation, and exportation by each li-
censed importer and licensed manufacturer.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
FROM CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 925(a) of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Section 924(a)(1)(D) shall not apply to the vio-
lation of section 923(g)(8) by an official of any Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agency.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
924(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in 
section 929’’ and inserting ‘‘section 925(a)(6) or 
929’’. 
SEC. 209. BARREL AND RECEIVER IMPORTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 925(e) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 
inserting a period; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) All frames or receivers of rifles, or barrels 
for firearms other than handguns, if the importation 
is for repair or replacement purposes.’’. 
(b) GOVERNMENTAL IMPORTS.—Section 925(a)(1) of 
such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, barrel,’’ after ‘‘or 
importation of any firearm’’. 
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SEC. 210. CLARIFICATIONS RELATING TO MANUFACTURING 
OF FIREARMS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF MANUFAC-
TURING.—Section 921(a)(10) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 
term ‘manufacturing’ shall not include repairing firearms, 
making or fitting special barrels, stocks, trigger mecha-
nisms, or other parts to firearms, or engraving or other-
wise altering the appearance of firearms.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF DEALER.— 
Section 921(a)(11)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or trigger mechanisms to firearms’’ 
and inserting ‘‘trigger mechanisms, or other parts to fire-
arms, or engraving or otherwise altering the appearance 
of firearms’’. 
TITLE III—CRIMINAL GUN 
ENFORCEMENT IMPROVEMENTS 
SEC. 301. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY DANGEROUS FEL-
ONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 924(e) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking all that precedes 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) In the case of a person who violates section 
922(g) and has previously been convicted by any court re-
ferred to in section 922(g)(1) of a violent felony or a seri-
ous drug offense shall— 
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‘‘(A) in the case of 1 such prior conviction, if 
more than 10 years has elapsed since the later of 
the date of the conviction or the date of the release 
of the person from imprisonment for the conviction, 
be imprisoned for not more than 15 years, fined 
under this title, or both; 
‘‘(B) in the case of 2 such prior convictions for 
violations committed on occasions different from one 
another, if not more than 10 years has elapsed since 
the later of the date of the most recent such convic-
tion and the date of the release of the person from 
imprisonment for the most recent such conviction, be 
imprisoned for not more than 20 years, fined under 
this title, or both; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of 3 such prior convictions for 
violations committed on occasions different from one 
another, if not more than 10 years has elapsed since 
the later date of the most recent such conviction or 
the date of the release of the person from imprison-
ment for the most recent such conviction, be impris-
oned for any term of years not less than 15 years 
or for life and fined under this title, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the court shall 
not suspend the sentence of, or grant a probationary 
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