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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2715 
To prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2021 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, 
Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited 
purchasers. 
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 ‘‘Jaime’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to enhance the background 
check process in the United States to prevent the purchase 
of ammunition by individuals prohibited from doing so. 
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SEC. 3. TRANSFERS OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (s) and redesignating 
subsection (t) as subsection (s); 
(2) in subsection (s) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after 
‘‘firearm’’ each place it appears except in para-
graph (3); 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘in the case of a firearm,’’ before ‘‘3’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking all that precedes sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a transfer be-
tween a licensee and another person if— 
‘‘(A)(i) in the case of a firearm transfer— 
‘‘(I) such other person has presented to 
the licensee a permit that— 
‘‘(aa) allows such other person to pos-
sess or acquire a firearm; and 
‘‘(bb) was issued not more than 5 
years earlier by the State in which the 
transfer is to take place; and 
‘‘(II) the law of the State provides that 
such a permit is to be issued only after an au-
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thorized government official has verified that 
the information available to such official does 
not indicate that possession of a firearm by 
such other person would be in violation of law; 
or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an ammunition transfer— 
‘‘(I) such other person has presented to 
the licensee a permit that— 
‘‘(aa) allows such other person to pos-
sess or acquire ammunition, or to possess 
or acquire a firearm; and 
‘‘(bb) was issued not more than 5 
years earlier by the State in which the 
transfer is to take place; and 
‘‘(II) the law of the State provides that 
such a permit is to be issued only after an au-
thorized government official has verified that 
the information available to such official does 
not indicate that possession of ammunition by 
such other person would be in violation of 
law;’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘(as defined in subsection (s)(8))’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
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