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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3569 
To require the Attorney General to establish a ‘‘Good Neighbor’’ code of 
conduct for federally licensed firearms dealers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 
Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Ms. 
NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Attorney General to establish a ‘‘Good Neigh-
bor’’ code of conduct for federally licensed firearms deal-
ers, 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 ‘‘Good Neighbor Gun 
Dealer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GOOD NEIGHBOR CODE OF CONDUCT FOR GUN 
DEALERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
establish a voluntary code of conduct for licensed dealers 
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SEC. 3. GOOD NEIGHBOR CERTIFICATION FOR GUN DEAL-
ERS. 
(a) CREATION.—The Attorney General shall create a 
‘‘Good Neighbor’’ certification for licensed dealers who 
agree to abide by the code of conduct established under 
section 2. 
(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall report to the Congress on the process for 
awarding the certification created under subsection (a). 
(c) REVOCATION.—The Attorney General, in the sole 
discretion of the Attorney General, may revoke a certifi-
cation granted under this section, for failure to abide by 
the code of conduct established under section 2. 
(d) PUBLICATION.—The Attorney General shall 
cause to be published on the website of the Department 
of Justice a full list of licensed dealers to whom a Good 
Neighbor certification has been granted under this section, 
and shall provide that list to the Congress annually. 
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF FIREARM TRACE DATA. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the At-
torney General may disclose firearms trace data to the 
public, to the extent that doing so will not undermine an 
investigation or, in the judgement of the Attorney General, 
otherwise compromise the efforts of law enforcement or 
public safety. 
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SEC. 5. STRATEGIC PLAN. 
Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a stra-
tegic plan detailing the efforts to be made by the Attorney 
General to— 
(1) improve the accuracy, reliability and com-
prehensiveness of firearms trace data; 
(2) enhance the identification of licensed deal-
ers who have transferred firearms that have been 
disproportionately used in the commission of crime; 
and 
(3) increase enforcement against violations of 
Federal law by licensed dealers. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITION OF LICENSED DEALER. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘licensed dealer’’ has the mean-
ing given in section 921(a)(11) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
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