I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1895 
To improve the tracking of stolen firearms and firearms used in a crime, 
to allow more frequent inspections of gun dealers to ensure compliance 
with Federal gun law, to enhance the penalties for gun trafficking, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To improve the tracking of stolen firearms and firearms 
used in a crime, to allow more frequent inspections of 
gun dealers to ensure compliance with Federal gun law, 
to enhance the penalties for gun trafficking, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Gun Trafficking 
Penalties Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. FIREARMS TRACE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Science, State, Justice, Com-
merce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Public Law 109–108) is amended in title I, under the 
heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives’’, by striking ‘‘Provided further, That no funds 
appropriated under this or any other Act with respect to 
any fiscal year may be used to disclose part or all of the 
contents of the Firearms Trace System database’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘section 921(a)(10) of such title):’’. 
(b) REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.—Upon receipt of 
a written request from a State or local government or law 
enforcement agency for information contained in the Fire-
arms Trace System database maintained by the National 
Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives (or any successor database or agency), the 
Attorney General shall provide all data in such database 
that is responsive to such request for information. 
SEC. 3. STOLEN FIREARMS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘firearm’’ has the meaning given the term by section 921 
of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) FEDERAL OFFICIALS.—If a Federal law enforce-
ment agency investigates the commission of a crime and 
determines that a specific firearm is known to have been 
stolen or to have been used in such crime, the agency shall 
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provide information regarding the firearm to the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives, for inclu-
sion in the Firearms Trace System database. 
(c) STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.—Section 1702 of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) STOLEN FIREARMS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 
the term ‘firearm’ has the meaning given the term 
by section 921 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING.—If a State or local law en-
forcement agency receiving a grant under this part 
investigates the commission of a crime and deter-
mines that a specific firearm is known to have been 
stolen or to have been used in such crime, the agen-
cy shall provide information regarding the firearm to 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Ex-
plosives, for inclusion in the Firearms Trace System 
database.’’. 
SEC. 4. ILLEGAL FIREARMS TRAFFICKING. 
Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘section 922(d) (relating to firearms 
sales to ineligible persons), subsections (g), (h), and (n) 
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of section 924 (relating to illegal firearms trafficking),’’ 
before ‘‘section 1028’’. 
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