I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 34 
To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers 
of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing 
for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of 
sale system for those firearms, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as ‘‘Blair 
Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 
2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6211
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—LICENSING 
Sec. 101. Licensing requirement. 
Sec. 102. Application requirements. 
Sec. 103. Issuance of license. 
Sec. 104. Renewal of license. 
Sec. 105. Revocation of license. 
TITLE II—RECORD OF SALE OR TRANSFER 
Sec. 201. Sale or transfer requirements for qualifying firearms. 
Sec. 202. Firearm records. 
TITLE III—ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS 
Sec. 301. Universal background check requirement. 
Sec. 302. Failure to maintain or permit inspection of records. 
Sec. 303. Failure to report loss or theft of firearm. 
Sec. 304. Failure to provide notice of change of address. 
Sec. 305. Child access prevention. 
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 401. Criminal penalties. 
Sec. 402. Regulations. 
Sec. 403. Inspections. 
Sec. 404. Orders. 
Sec. 405. Injunctive enforcement. 
TITLE V—FIREARM INJURY INFORMATION AND RESEARCH 
Sec. 501. Duties of the Attorney General. 
TITLE VI—EFFECT ON STATE LAW 
Sec. 601. Effect on State law. 
Sec. 602. Certification of State firearm licensing systems and State firearm 
record of sale systems. 
TITLE VII—RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW 
Sec. 701. Subordination to Arms Export Control Act. 
TITLE VIII—INAPPLICABILITY 
Sec. 801. Inapplicability to governmental authorities. 
TITLE IX—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 901. Effective date of amendments. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with
(1) the manufacture, distribution, and importa-
tion of firearms is inherently commercial in nature; 
(2) firearms regularly move in interstate com-
merce; 
(3) to the extent that firearms trafficking is 
intrastate in nature, it arises out of and is substan-
tially connected with a commercial transaction, 
which, when viewed in the aggregate, substantially 
affects interstate commerce; 
(4) because the intrastate and interstate traf-
ficking of firearms are so commingled, full regula-
tion of interstate commerce requires the incidental 
regulation of intrastate commerce; 
(5) gun violence in the United States is associ-
ated with the majority of homicides, over half the 
suicides, and two-thirds of non-fatal violent injuries; 
and 
(6) on the afternoon of May 10, 2007, Blair 
Holt, a junior at Julian High School in Chicago, was 
killed on a public bus riding home from school when 
he used his body to shield a girl who was in the line 
of fire after a young man boarded the bus and start-
ed shooting. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that— 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with
(1) firearms trafficking is prevalent and wide-
spread in and among the States, and it is usually 
impossible to distinguish between intrastate traf-
ficking and interstate trafficking; and 
(2) it is in the national interest and within the 
role of the Federal Government to ensure that the 
regulation of firearms is uniform among the States, 
that law enforcement can quickly and effectively 
trace firearms used in crime, and that firearms own-
ers know how to use and safely store their firearms. 
(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act are— 
(1) to protect the public against the unreason-
able risk of injury and death associated with the un-
recorded sale or transfer of qualifying firearms to 
criminals and youth; 
(2) to ensure that owners of qualifying firearms 
are knowledgeable in the safe use, handling, and 
storage of those firearms; 
(3) to restrict the availability of qualifying fire-
arms to criminals, youth, and other persons prohib-
ited by Federal law from receiving firearms; and 
(4) to facilitate the tracing of qualifying fire-
arms used in crime by Federal and State law en-
forcement agencies. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act: 
(1) FIREARM; LICENSED
DEALER; LICENSED 
MANUFACTURER; STATE.—The terms ‘‘firearm’’, ‘‘li-
censed 
dealer’’, 
‘‘licensed 
manufacturer’’, 
and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 921(a) of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) QUALIFYING FIREARM.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying firearm’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘qualifying firearm’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) any handgun; or 
‘‘(ii) any semiautomatic firearm that can 
accept any detachable ammunition feeding de-
vice; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any antique.’’. 
TITLE I—LICENSING 
SEC. 101. LICENSING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(aa) FIREARM LICENSING REQUIREMENT.— 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 
person other than a licensed importer, licensed man-
ufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to 
possess a qualifying firearm on or after the applica-
ble date, unless that person has been issued a fire-
arm license— 
‘‘(A) under title I of Blair Holt’s Firearm 
Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013, 
which license has not been invalidated or re-
voked under that title; or 
‘‘(B) pursuant to a State firearm licensing 
and record of sale system certified under sec-
tion 602 of Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and 
Record of Sale Act of 2013, which license has 
not been invalidated or revoked under State 
law. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
DATE.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘applicable date’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a qualifying firearm 
that is acquired by the person before the date 
of the enactment of Blair Holt’s Firearm Li-
censing and Record of Sale Act of 2013, 2 
years after such date of enactment; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a qualifying firearm 
that is acquired by the person on or after the 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with
date of the enactment of Blair Holt’s Firearm 
Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013, 1 
year after such date of enactment.’’. 
SEC. 102. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to be issued a firearm 
license under this title, an individual shall submit to the 
Attorney General (in accordance with the regulations pro-
mulgated under subsection (b)) an application, which shall 
include— 
(1) a current, passport-sized photograph of the 
applicant that provides a clear, accurate likeness of 
the applicant; 
(2) the name, address, and date and place of 
birth of the applicant; 
(3) any other name that the applicant has ever 
used or by which the applicant has ever been known; 
(4) a clear thumb print of the applicant, which 
shall be made when, and in the presence of the enti-
ty to whom, the application is submitted; 
(5) with respect to each category of person pro-
hibited by Federal law, or by the law of the State 
of residence of the applicant, from obtaining a fire-
arm, a statement that the individual is not a person 
prohibited from obtaining a firearm; 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:11 Jan 08, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H34.IH
H34
jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with