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‘‘(i) the identity of the actual buyer of 
the firearms; or 
‘‘(ii) the intended trafficking of the 
firearms; and 
‘‘(B) the person knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe is false; or 
‘‘(4) to direct, promote, or facilitate conduct 
specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who violates, or 
conspires to violate, subsection (a) shall be fined 
under this title, imprisoned for not more than 15 
years, or both. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘actual buyer’ means the indi-
vidual for whom a firearm is being purchased, re-
ceived, or acquired; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘term of imprisonment exceeding 
1 year’ does not include any offense classified by the 
applicable jurisdiction as a misdemeanor and punish-
able by a term of imprisonment of 2 years or less.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by section 402 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘934. Trafficking in firearms.’’. 
TITLE VII—DEALER REFORM 
SEC. 701. GUN SHOP SECURITY MEASURES. 
(a) REGULATIONS.— 
(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 locked metal cabinets and fire-
proof safes; 
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‘‘(3) security systems, video monitoring, and 
anti-theft alarms; 
‘‘(4) security gates, strong locks, and site hard-
ening; and 
‘‘(5) concrete bollards and other access 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— 
(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— 
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‘‘(i) the applicant has a permanent place of 
business; 
‘‘(ii) the applicant only hires individuals 21 
years of age or older as employees; and 
‘‘(iii) 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 
any case in which a secure gun storage or safe-
ty device is temporarily unavailable because of 
theft, casualty loss, consumer sales, backorders 
from a manufacturer, or any other similar rea-
son beyond the control of the licensee, the deal-
er shall not be considered to be in violation of 
the requirement under this subparagraph to 
make available such a device) and include with 
the certification— 
‘‘(I) a description of how the applicant 
will secure, in accordance with the regula-
tions issued under section 926(d), the 
premises from which the applicant will con-
duct business under the license (including 
in the event of a natural disaster or other 
emergency); and 
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‘‘(II) a certification that the appli-
cant, if issued such a license, the applicant 
will comply with the certification made 
under this subparagraph.’’. 
(2) TRANSITION RULE.—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) and whose license to deal in firearms, 
issued under chapter 44 of title 18, will not expire 
before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the 
date on which regulations are prescribed under sec-
tion 926(d) of title 18, United States Code, shall 
submit to the Attorney General a plan of the type 
described in section 923(d)(1)(G) of title 18, United 
States Code, not later than the end of that 1-year 
period. Any plan so submitted shall be considered to 
be submitted pursuant to section 923(d)(1)(G) of 
title 18, United States Code, for purposes of sections 
923(g)(6)(B) and 926(d) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(c) ANNUAL SECURITY PLAN COMPLIANCE CERTIFI-
CATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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