I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4939 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat straw purchases of 
firearms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2019 
Mr. BACON (for himself and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat straw 
purchases of firearms. 
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 ‘‘STOP Straw Pur-
chases Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR STRAW PURCHASERS 
OF FIREARMS. 
Section 924(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, except that in the case of a viola-
tion of section 922(a)(6) involving deception as to the 
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identity of the actual transferee of a firearm, if the viola-
tor knows or has reasonable cause to believe the actual 
transferee intends the firearm to be used to commit a 
crime of violence (as defined in subsection (c)(3)) or drug 
trafficking crime (as defined in subsection (c)(2)) or to 
be disposed of to a person prohibited from receiving the 
firearm, the violator shall be fined not more than 
$750,000, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both’’ 
before the period. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTER-
PRISE INVOLVING STRAW PURCHASES OF 
FIREARMS; 
PROHIBITION 
ON 
OBTAINING 
FIREARM BY INDUCING STRAW PURCHASE. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person, in or affect-
ing interstate or foreign commerce, to— 
‘‘(1) induce, or act in concert with, another per-
son to engage in a continuing series of violations of 
subsection (a)(6) involving deception as to the iden-
tity of the actual transferee of a firearm, with the 
intent to obtain the firearm for use in a crime of vi-
olence (as defined in section 924(c)(3)) or drug traf-
ficking crime (as defined in section 924(c)(2)) or on 
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behalf of a person prohibited from receiving the fire-
arm, from which such person obtains substantial in-
come or resources; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to such other person, occupy 
a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or 
any other position of management. 
‘‘(bb) It shall be unlawful for any person, in or affect-
ing interstate or foreign commerce, to obtain a firearm 
by inducing another person to violate subsection (a)(6) by 
falsely claiming to be the actual transferee of the firearm, 
with the intent to obtain the firearm for use in a crime 
of violence (as defined in section 924(c)(3)) or drug traf-
ficking crime (as defined in section 924(c)(2)) or on behalf 
of a person prohibited from receiving the firearm.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) 
shall be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned not 
more than 30 years, or both. 
‘‘(9) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(bb) 
shall be fined not more than $750,000, imprisoned not 
more than 25 years, or both.’’. 
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SEC. 4. INCLUSION IN FIREARMS TRANSACTION RECORD 
FORM OF OUTLINE OF PENALTIES FOR THE 
STRAW PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 
The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives shall ensure that the Firearms 
Transaction Record form used by the Bureau includes a 
statement outlining the penalties for acting as the straw 
purchaser of a firearm. For purposes of this section, a 
person acts as the straw purchaser of a firearm if the per-
son violates section 922(a)(6) of title 18, United States 
Code, through deception as to the identity of the actual 
transferee of the firearm, if the person knows or has rea-
sonable cause to believe the actual transferee intends the 
firearm is to be used to commit a crime of violence (as 
defined in section 924(c)(3) of such title) or drug traf-
ficking crime (as defined in section 924(c)(2) of such title) 
or to be disposed of to a person prohibited from receiving 
the firearm. 
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