I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4343 
To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide 
notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a 
background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System determines that a person may not receive a fire-
arm, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2017 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agen-
cies in the event that a background check conducted 
by the National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-
tem determines that a person may not receive a firearm, 
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 ‘‘Unlawful Gun Buyer 
Alert Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED 
PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 107. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE-
ARM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 
check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li-
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 
of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 
title 18, United States Code), which background check de-
termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, and such determination is made after 
3 business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted 
the System and a firearm has been transferred to that 
person, the System shall notify the law enforcement agen-
cies described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 
The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 
are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 
over the location from which the licensee contacted the 
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system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris-
diction over the location of the residence of the person for 
which the background check was conducted, as follows: 
‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 
U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 106 the following: 
‘‘107. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of a fire-
arm.’’. 
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