Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act
Bill: H.R.4804 | Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. (D-RI)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act
This bill establishes a notification requirement following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.
Specifically, the bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to notify federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies if a firearms-related background check determines that an individual is ineligible to receive or possess a firearm. The notification requirement applies even if more than three business days have elapsed since the background check was initiated, and a firearm has already been transferred to the individual.

To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide 
 notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in the event that a 
background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background 
 Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE 
              OR ATTEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911-40917) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF PROHIBITED 
              PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of a background check conducted by 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System pursuant to the 
request of a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 
dealer of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of title 
18, United States Code), which background check determines that the 
receipt of a firearm by a person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of 
section 922 of such title, including any such case in which the 
determination is made after 3 business days have elapsed since the 
licensee contacted the System and a firearm has been transferred to 
that person, the System shall notify the law enforcement agencies 
described in subsection (b) of this section.
    ``(b) Law Enforcement Agencies Described.--The law enforcement 
agencies described in this subsection are the law enforcement agencies 
that have jurisdiction over the location from which the licensee 
contacted the system and the law enforcement agencies that have 
jurisdiction over the location of the residence of the person for which 
the background check was conducted, as follows:
            ``(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.
            ``(2) The local law enforcement agency.
            ``(3) The State law enforcement agency.
    ``(c) Report to the Congress.--Within 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Congress a written report on the 
notifications provided under subsection (a) during the period covered 
by the report, including the number of the notifications, and such 
other relevant information as the Attorney General deems 
appropriate.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act (34 
U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 107 the following:

``108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase 
                            or attempted purchase of a firearm.''.
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