Title: Behavioral Awareness Training Act of 2018
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Behavioral Awareness Training Act of 2018
This bill creates a new licensing requirement for federal firearms dealers.
Specifically, an applicant for a federal license to deal in firearms must successfully complete an online behavioral awareness training course.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5285 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5285

 To condition eligibility for a Federal license to deal in firearms on 
the passage of an online behavioral awareness training course, and for 
                            other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2018

 Mr. Mast (for himself and Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To condition eligibility for a Federal license to deal in firearms on 
the passage of an online behavioral awareness training course, 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 ``Behavioral Awareness Training Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERAL LICENSE TO DEAL IN FIREARMS 
              CONDITIONED ON PASSAGE OF A BEHAVIORAL AWARENESS TRAINING 
              COURSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 923(d) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (G) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(H) in the case of an application to be licensed as a 
        dealer, the applicant has successfully completed the course of 
        study developed under paragraph (3).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Attorney General shall, directly or by contract, develop 
(using best practices and science) a course of study that--
            ``(A) uses behavioral analysis training materials to help 
        applicants for a license to deal in firearms identify 
        suspicious behavior by potential firearms purchasers; and
            ``(B) is accessible and may be completed, through the 
        Internet website of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
        and Explosives.''.
    (b) Limitation on Liability.--Section 923 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) A licensed dealer shall not be liable in an action at law for 
damages predicated on having completed the course of study developed 
under subsection (a)(3).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a)(1) and 
(b) of this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                 <all>