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Union Calendar No. 4 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1112 
[Report No. 116–12] 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the 
background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms 
licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
FEBRUARY 22, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Ms. OMAR, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SUOZZI, 
Mr. MALINOWSKI, and MR. KHANNA 
FEBRUARY 22, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 8, 2019] 
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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 ‘‘Enhanced Background 
Checks Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING OF BACKGROUND CHECK PROCE-
DURES TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE A FEDERAL 
FIREARMS LICENSEE MAY TRANSFER A FIRE-
ARM TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT SUCH A LI-
CENSEE. 
Section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking clause (ii) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) in the event the system has not notified the 
licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such other 
person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(I) not fewer than 10 business days (mean-
ing a day on which State offices are open) has 
elapsed since the licensee contacted the system, 
and the system has not notified the licensee that 
the receipt of a firearm by such other person 
would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section, 
and the other person has submitted, electroni-
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cally through a website established by the Attor-
ney General or by first-class mail, a petition for 
review which— 
‘‘(aa) certifies that such other person 
has no reason to believe that such other per-
son is prohibited by Federal, State, or local 
law from purchasing or possessing a fire-
arm; and 
‘‘(bb) requests that the system respond 
to the contact referred to in subparagraph 
(A) within 10 business days after the date 
the petition was submitted (or, if the peti-
tion is submitted by first-class mail, the 
date the letter containing the petition is 
postmarked); and 
‘‘(II) 10 business days have elapsed since 
the other person so submitted the petition, and 
the system has not notified the licensee that the 
receipt of a firearm by such other person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; and’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall— 
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‘‘(A) prescribe the form on which a petition 
shall be submitted pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii); 
‘‘(B) make the form available electronically, 
and provide a copy of the form to all licensees 
referred to in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(C) provide the petitioner and the licensee 
involved written notice of receipt of the petition, 
either electronically or by first-class mail; and 
‘‘(D) respond on an expedited basis to any 
such petition received by the Attorney General.’’. 
SEC. 3. NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILL-
NESS. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
in each of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) by striking ‘‘adju-
dicated as a mental defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated 
with mental illness, severe developmental disability, or se-
vere emotional instability’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 4 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1112 
[Report No. 116–12] 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, to strengthen the background check proce-
dures to be followed before a Federal firearms li-
censee may transfer a firearm to a person who 
is not such a licensee. 
FEBRUARY 22, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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