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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1595 
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 
MARCH 14, 2023 
Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. BROWN, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MENG, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. 
TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing 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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‘‘(B) The information gathered pursuant 
to paragraph (1), disaggregated by grantee. 
‘‘(C) A list of eligible applicants who were 
denied grants under this part, and the basis for 
such denials. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 
under this part may not be in an amount that is more 
than $2,500,000 per fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 3062. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 
applicant’ means a State or Indian tribal govern-
ment that has in effect a law that, at a minimum, 
requires the following: 
‘‘(A) To engage in business as a firearms 
dealer in the area subject to the jurisdiction of 
the State or Indian tribal government, a person 
shall be a licensed dealer and be licensed as a 
firearms dealer under such law. 
‘‘(B) A person shall only be licensed as a 
firearms dealer under such law upon successful 
completion of the application process set by 
such law. 
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‘‘(C) A license to engage in business as a 
firearms dealer shall be valid for not more than 
3 years. 
‘‘(D) A person licensed as a firearms deal-
er shall submit to inspections under the law of 
the State or Indian tribal government. 
‘‘(E) Noncompliance of a person licensed 
as a firearms dealer with a requirement for fire-
arms dealers under the law of the State or In-
dian tribal government may result in— 
‘‘(i) the suspension or revocation of 
the license; and 
‘‘(ii) the imposition of civil penalties 
or criminal charges. 
‘‘(2) LICENSED DEALER.—The term ‘licensed 
dealer’ has the meaning given that term in section 
921(a) of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(29) There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year 
to carry out part PP.’’. 
Æ 
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