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(d) ELIMINATE MULTIPLE SALES REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 923(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(e) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE RULES
AND REGULA-
TIONS.—The Attorney General shall prescribe any rules 
and regulations as are necessary to ensure that the na-
tional instant criminal background check system is able 
to identify whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective 
transferee would violate section 922(ff) of title 18, United 
States Code, as added by this section. 
SEC. 602. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR MAKING KNOWINGLY 
FALSE STATEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH 
FIREARMS. 
Section 924(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in the matter following subparagraph (B) by 
striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
SEC. 603. RETENTION OF RECORDS. 
Section 922(s)(2) of title 18, United States Code, as 
so redesignated by section 201 of this Act, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 604. REVISED DEFINITION. 
Section 921(a)(21)(C) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, except that such term 
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shall include any person who transfers more than 1 fire-
arm in any 30-day period to a person who is not a licensed 
dealer’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 605. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING. 
Section 933 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) make a statement to a licensed importer, 
licensed manufacturer, licensed collector, or licensed 
dealer relating to the purchase, receipt, or acquisi-
tion from a licensed importer, licensed manufac-
turer, or licensed dealer of a firearm that has moved 
in or affected interstate or foreign commerce that— 
‘‘(A) is material to— 
‘‘(i) the identity of the actual buyer of 
the firearm; or 
‘‘(ii) the intended trafficking of the 
firearm; and 
‘‘(B) the person knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe is false; or 
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‘‘(4) attempt or conspire to commit, or direct, 
promote, or facilitate, conduct specified in paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) ORGANIZER ENHANCEMENT.—If a viola-
tion of subsection (a) is committed by a person in 
concert with 5 or more other persons with respect to 
whom such person occupies a position of organizer, 
a supervisory position, or any other position of man-
agement, such person may be sentenced to an addi-
tional term of imprisonment of not more than 5 con-
secutive years.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘actual 
buyer’ means the individual for whom a firearm is being 
purchased, received, or acquired.’’. 
TITLE VII—DEALER REFORM 
SEC. 701. GUN SHOP SECURITY MEASURES. 
(a) REGULATIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 926 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall pre-
scribe such regulations as are necessary to ensure that any 
premises at which a licensed dealer deals in firearms are 
secure from theft, which shall include requiring— 
‘‘(1) compliance with the security plan sub-
mitted by the licensed dealer pursuant to section 
923(d)(1)(G); 
‘‘(2) the use of functional locked metal cabinets 
and fireproof safes; 
‘‘(3) functional security systems, video moni-
toring, and anti-theft alarms; 
‘‘(4) functional security gates, strong locks, and 
site hardening; and 
‘‘(5) functional concrete bollards and other ac-
cess controls, if necessary.’’. 
(2) TRANSITION RULE.—The regulations pre-
scribed under section 926(d)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, shall not apply to a person who, on the 
date of enactment of this Act, is a licensed dealer, 
as defined in section 921(a)(11) of title 18, United 
States Code, until the earlier of— 
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(A) the date the person complies with sub-
section (b)(2) of this section; or 
(B) the end of the 1-year period that be-
gins with the date regulations are prescribed 
under section 926(d) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(b) SECURITY PLAN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT 
AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 923(d)(1) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (G) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(G) in the case of an application to be licensed 
as a dealer, the applicant certifies that— 
‘‘(i) the applicant has a permanent place of 
business; 
‘‘(ii) the applicant only hires individuals 21 
years of age or older as employees; 
‘‘(iii) the applicant will not allow any em-
ployee to handle firearms until the employee 
has successfully undergone a background check 
in accordance with section 923(g)(10); and 
‘‘(iv) secure gun storage or safety devices 
will be available at any place in which firearms 
are sold under the license to persons who are 
not licensees (subject to the exception that in 
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