(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall authorize a licensed deal-
er (or a person whose application for a license to engage
in the business of dealing in firearms is required to be
approved by the Secretary) to engage in the business of
dealing in handguns if the licensed dealer (or the appli-
cant) demonstrates to the Secretary, in accordance with
regulations that the Secretary shall prescribe, that there
is significant unmet lawful demand for handguns in the
market area (as defined by the Secretary) served by the
licensed dealer (or to be served by the applicant).
‘‘(B) For purposes of paragraph (3) of this sub-
section and subsections (e) and (f), a request for authority
to engage in the business of dealing in handguns shall be
considered to be an application for a license under this
section, and the provision of such authority shall be con-
sidered to be the issuance of such a license.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(2) 2-YEAR
GRANDFATHERING
OF
LICENSED
DEALERS.—During the 2-year period that begins on
the effective date specified in paragraph (1), the
amendments made by this section shall not apply to
any person who, on the effective date, is a licensed
dealer (as defined in section 921(a)(11) of title 18,
United States Code).
TITLE II—TRACING OF GUNS
USED IN CRIMES
SEC. 201. DEALER ASSISTANCE WITH TRACING OF FIRE-
ARMS.
(a) PROVISION OF RECORD INFORMATION.—Section
923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) Each licensee shall, at such times and under
such conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe by regula-
tion, provide all record information required to be kept
by this chapter, or such lesser information as the Sec-
retary may specify, as may be required for determining
the disposition of a firearm in the course of a law enforce-
ment investigation.’’.
(b) NO CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Section 924(a)(1)(D)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
‘‘, except section 923(g)(6)’’ after ‘‘chapter’’.
SEC. 202. COMPUTERIZATION OF RECORDS.
Section 926 of title 18, United States Code, as
amended by section 101(c), is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the second
sentence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms shall centralize all records of receipts and
disposition of firearms obtained by the Bureau and main-
tain such records in whatever manner will enable their
most efficient use in law enforcement investigations.’’.
SEC. 203. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS.
Section 922(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3)(A) for any person not licensed under sec-
tion 923 to transport a firearm from one State into
another State; but
‘‘(B)(i) subparagraph (A) shall not preclude
any person who lawfully acquires a firearm by be-
quest or intestate succession in a State other than
the person’s State of residence from transporting the
firearm into or receiving the firearm in the person’s
State of residence, if it is lawful for the person to
possess the firearm in the person’s State of resi-
dence; and