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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1062
To amend section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, to require the
reporting of information to the chief law enforcement officer of the
buyer’s residence and to require a minimum 72-hour waiting period
before the purchase of a handgun, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 10, 1999
Mr. PORTER (for himself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code,
to require the reporting of information to the chief law
enforcement officer of the buyer’s residence and to re-
quire a minimum 72-hour waiting period before the pur-
chase of a handgun, 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 referred to as the ‘‘Permanent
Brady Waiting Period Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM 72-HOUR HANDGUN
PURCHASE WAITING PERIOD.
Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘before the completion
of the transfer, the licensee’’ and inserting
‘‘after the most recent proposal of the
transfer by the transferee, the licensee, as
expeditiously as is feasible,’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and the chief law en-
forcement officer of the place of residence
of the transferee’’ after ‘‘Act’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) if the firearm is a handgun—
‘‘(i) not less than 72 hours have elapsed
since the licensee contacted the system;
‘‘(ii) the transferee has presented to the
transferor a written statement, issued by the
chief law enforcement officer of the place of res-
idence of the transferee during the 10-day pe-
riod ending on the date of the most recent pro-
posal of such transfer by the transferee, stating
that the transferee requires access to a hand-
gun because of a threat to the life of the trans-
feree or of a member of the household of the
transferee; or
‘‘(iii) the law of the State in which the pro-
posed transfer will occur requires, before any li-
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or li-
censed dealer completes the transfer of a hand-
gun to an individual who is not licensed under
section 923, that an authorized State or local
official verify that the information available to
the official does not indicate that possession of
a handgun by the transferee would be in viola-
tion of the law, and the authorized State or
local official has provided such verification in
accordance with that law.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term ‘chief law enforce-
ment officer’ means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an
equivalent officer of a law enforcement agency, or the des-
ignee of any such officer.
‘‘(8) A chief law enforcement officer who is contacted
under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the proposed
transfer of a firearm shall, not later than 20 business days
after the date on which the contact occurs, destroy any
statement or other record containing information derived
from the contact, unless the chief law enforcement officer
determines that the transfer would violate Federal, State,
or local law.
‘‘(9) The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate
regulations regarding the manner in which information
shall be transmitted by licensees to the national instant
criminal background check system under paragraph
(1)(A).’’.
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