I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3853 
To provide the Attorney General with greater discretion in issuing Federal 
firearms licenses, and to authorize temporarily greater scrutiny of Fed-
eral firearms licensees who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or 
had 10 or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 
2 years. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2015 
Ms. MOORE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide the Attorney General with greater discretion in 
issuing Federal firearms licenses, and to authorize tem-
porarily greater scrutiny of Federal firearms licensees 
who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or had 10 
or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 
2 years. 
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 ‘‘Gun Dealer Account-
ability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GREATER DISCRETION IN ISSUING FEDERAL FIRE-
ARMS LICENSES. 
Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘shall issue’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may issue’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may be’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF TEMPORARILY GREATER 
SCRUTINY OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENS-
EES WHO HAVE TRANSFERRED A FIREARM 
UNLAWFULLY OR HAD 10 OR MORE CRIME 
GUNS TRACED BACK TO THEM IN THE PRE-
CEDING 2 YEARS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY INCREASE FRE-
QUENCY OF INSPECTIONS.—Section 923(g)(1)(B)(ii)(I) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
except that this subclause shall not apply with respect to 
a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a court has found 
the licensee to have transferred a firearm unlawfully or 
the Attorney General has found that 10 or more firearms 
used in crimes have been traced back to the licensee’’ be-
fore the semicolon. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY REQUIRE CON-
DUCT OF A PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF FIREARMS BUSI-
NESS.— 
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(1) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 
113–6; 127 Stat. 248) is amended in the 5th proviso 
by inserting ‘‘, unless the rule applies only to a busi-
ness of a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a 
court has found the licensee to have transferred a 
firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General has 
found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have 
been traced back to the licensee’’ before the colon. 
(2) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in title I of division B of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 
112–55; 125 Stat. 609–610) is amended in the 7th 
proviso by inserting ‘‘, unless the rule applies only 
to a business of a licensee if, in the preceding 2 
years, a court has found the licensee to have trans-
ferred a firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General 
has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes 
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have been traced back to the licensee’’ before the 
colon. 
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