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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8760 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for grants for State firearms dealer licensing programs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2022 
Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
CASTEN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. EVANS, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. JA-
COBS of California, Mr. JONES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCNER-
NEY, Ms. MENG, Ms. NORTON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL, 
Mrs. TRAHAN, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to provide for grants for State firearms 
dealer licensing programs, 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 ‘‘State Firearms Dealer 
Licensing Enhancement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE FIREARMS DEALER LICENSING GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘PART PP—STATE FIREARMS DEALER LICENSING 
GRANT PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3061. GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this part, and not later than 
180 days after such amounts are appropriated, the Attor-
ney General may award annual grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible applicants for the development, imple-
mentation, improvement, or evaluation of firearms dealer 
licensing programs. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible applicant desiring a 
grant under this part shall submit to the Attorney General 
an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General may re-
quire, including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the law that the applicant 
has enacted to require a license for any firearms 
dealer, including a description of any exemptions to 
such law; 
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‘‘(2) a description of how the applicant will use 
the grant to develop, implement, improve, or evalu-
ate the firearms dealer licensing program of the ap-
plicant; and 
‘‘(3) a description of the inspection bodies and 
procedures of the applicant used to inspect firearms 
dealers. 
‘‘(c) SUBAWARDS.—A State that receives a grant 
under this part may make a subaward to a unit of local 
government authorized to oversee and enforce the develop-
ment, implementation, improvement, or evaluation of the 
firearms dealer licensing program for which the grant 
under this part will be used. 
‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
REPORTS
BY
RECIPIENTS.—An 
eligible applicant that receives a grant under this 
part shall provide an annual report to the Attorney 
General with the following information: 
‘‘(A) The number of inspections conducted 
in the jurisdiction of the eligible applicant of 
persons licensed as a firearms dealer by the eli-
gible applicant during the previous year. 
‘‘(B) The number of violations by persons 
licensed as a firearms dealer by the eligible ap-
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plicant that were cited during the previous year, 
disaggregated by violation type. 
‘‘(C) The total number of persons licensed 
as a firearms dealer by the eligible applicant as 
of the end of the previous year. 
‘‘(D) The number of licenses to engage in 
business as a firearms dealer in the jurisdiction 
of the eligible applicant that, during the pre-
vious year, were— 
‘‘(i) issued; 
‘‘(ii) renewed; 
‘‘(iii) suspended; or 
‘‘(iv) revoked. 
‘‘(2) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 13 months 
after the first grants are awarded under this part, 
and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress and make available publicly 
through print and electronic means a report, which 
shall include the following information: 
‘‘(A) A list of eligible applicants who re-
ceived funds under a grant under this part dur-
ing the previous fiscal year, including the funds 
awarded, cumulatively and disaggregated by 
grantee. 
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