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Calendar No. 30 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1112 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 4, 2019 
Received; read the first time 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
strengthen the background check procedures to be fol-
lowed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer 
a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee. 
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 ‘‘Enhanced Background 
Checks Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING OF BACKGROUND CHECK PROCE-
DURES TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE A FED-
ERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE MAY TRANSFER A 
FIREARM TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT SUCH A 
LICENSEE. 
Section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States 
Code is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking clause (ii) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) in the event the system has not notified 
the licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such 
other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of 
this section— 
‘‘(I) not fewer than 10 business days 
(meaning a day on which State offices are 
open) has elapsed since the licensee contacted 
the system, and the system has not notified the 
licensee that the receipt of a firearm by such 
other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) 
of this section, and the other person has sub-
mitted, electronically through a website estab-
lished by the Attorney General or by first-class 
mail, a petition for review which— 
‘‘(aa) certifies that such other person 
has no reason to believe that such other 
person is prohibited by Federal, State, or 
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local law from purchasing or possessing a 
firearm; and 
‘‘(bb) requests that the system re-
spond to the contact referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) within 10 business days 
after the date the petition was submitted 
(or, if the petition is submitted by first- 
class mail, the date the letter containing 
the petition is postmarked); and 
‘‘(II) 10 business days have elapsed since 
the other person so submitted the petition, and 
the system has not notified the licensee that the 
receipt of a firearm by such other person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; 
and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(A) prescribe the form on which a peti-
tion shall be submitted pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii); 
‘‘(B) make the form available electroni-
cally, and provide a copy of the form to all li-
censees referred to in paragraph (1); 
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‘‘(C) provide the petitioner and the licensee 
involved written notice of receipt of the petition, 
either electronically or by first-class mail; and 
‘‘(D) respond on an expedited basis to any 
such petition received by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(8)(A) If, after 3 business days have elapsed since 
the licensee initially contacted the system about a firearm 
transaction, the system notifies the licensee that the re-
ceipt of a firearm by such other person would not violate 
subsection (g) or (n), the licensee may continue to rely 
on that notification for the longer of— 
‘‘(i) an additional 25 calendar days after the li-
censee receives the notification; or 
‘‘(ii) 30 calendar days after the date of the ini-
tial contact. 
‘‘(B) If such other person has met the requirements 
of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) before the system destroys the 
records related to the firearm transaction, the licensee 
may continue to rely on such other person having met the 
requirements for an additional 25 calendar days after the 
date such other person first met the requirements.’’. 
SEC. 3. GAO REPORTS. 
Within 90 days after the end of each of the 1-year, 
3-year, and 5-year periods that begin with the effective 
date of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
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