‘‘(2) shall not include the name of or other 
identifying information relating to the transferee; 
and 
‘‘(3) shall not duplicate information provided in 
any report required under subsection (e)(4). 
‘‘(g) FIREARM TRANSACTION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘firearm transaction’— 
‘‘(1) includes the offer for sale, sale, transfer, 
or exchange of a firearm; and 
‘‘(2) does not include the mere exhibition of a 
firearm.’’. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(7)(A) Whoever knowingly violates section 931(a) 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both. 
‘‘(B) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (b) or (c) 
of section 931, shall be—
‘‘(i) fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 2 years, or both; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent con-
viction, such person shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
‘‘(C) Whoever willfully violates section 931(d), shall 
be—
‘‘(i) fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 2 years, or both; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent con-
viction, such person shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(D) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (e) or (f) 
of section 931 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned 
not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(E) In addition to any other penalties imposed 
under this paragraph, the Secretary may, with respect to 
any person who knowingly violates any provision of section 
931— 
‘‘(i) if the person is registered pursuant to sec-
tion 931(a), after notice and opportunity for a hear-
ing, suspend for not more than 6 months or revoke 
the registration of that person under section 931(a); 
and 
‘‘(ii) impose a civil fine in an amount equal to 
not more than $10,000.’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) in the chapter analysis, by adding at 
the end the following:
‘‘931. Regulation of firearms transfers at gun shows.’’;
and 
(B) in the first sentence of section 923(j), 
by striking ‘‘a gun show or event’’ and inserting 
‘‘an event’’. 
(c) INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Section 923(g)(1) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(E) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Sec-
retary may enter during business hours the place of busi-
ness of any gun show promoter and any place where a 
gun show is held for the purposes of examining the records 
required by sections 923 and 931 and the inventory of 
licensees conducting business at the gun show. Such entry 
and examination shall be conducted for the purposes of 
determining compliance with this chapter by gun show 
promoters and licensees conducting business at the gun 
show and shall not require a showing of reasonable cause 
or a warrant.’’. 
(d) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SERIOUS RECORD-
KEEPING VIOLATIONS BY LICENSEES.—Section 924(a)(3) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any 
licensed dealer, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, 
or licensed collector who knowingly makes any false state-
ment or representation with respect to the information re-
quired by this chapter to be kept in the records of a person 
licensed under this chapter, or violates section 922(m) 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
1 year, or both. 
‘‘(B) If the violation described in subparagraph (A) 
is in relation to an offense— 
‘‘(i) under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 
922(b), such person shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; or 
‘‘(ii) under subsection (a)(6) or (d) of section 
922, such person shall be fined under this title, im-
prisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’. 
(e) INCREASED PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATIONS
OF 
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended—
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (s) or (t) of section 922’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 922(s)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(t) shall 
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 
years, or both.’’. 
(2) ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF 
OFFENSE.—Section 922(t)(5) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and, at the 
time’’ and all that follows through ‘‘State law’’. 
(f) GUN OWNER PRIVACY
AND PREVENTION
OF 
FRAUD AND ABUSE OF SYSTEM INFORMATION.—Section 
922(t)(2)(C) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, as soon as possible, consistent with the responsibility 
of the Attorney General under section 103(h) of the Brady 
Handgun Violence Prevention Act to ensure the privacy 
and security of the system and to prevent system fraud 
and abuse, but in no event later than 90 days after the 
date on which the licensee first contacts the system with 
respect to the transfer’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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