Title: Santa Fe High School Victims Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Santa Fe High School Victims Act
This bill prohibits the sale or purchase of a firearm or ammunition unless it is through a federally licensed firearms dealer (licensed dealer). It also imposes additional requirements on licensed dealers.
First, the bill makes it unlawful to knowingly sell or purchase a firearm or ammunition except through a licensed dealer. Violators are subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both.
Next, it increases the cost to renew a license to deal in firearms other than destructive devices.
In addition, it requires each licensed dealer to (1) report to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and local law enforcement authorities any instance in which the licensed dealer suspects a purchaser is exhibiting signs of mental duress, or the individual is attempting to purchase a firearm on behalf of another individual; (2) display the license to deal and other information at the business premises; and (3) complete an annual training course in reducing the risk of gun violence.
Finally, DOJ must establish a toll-free telephone number for individuals to report illegal or suspicious behavior related to conduct at the business premises of a licensed dealer.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4082 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4082

  To prohibit the private purchase or sale of a firearm or ammunition 
    except through a federally licensed firearms dealer, to impose 
   additional requirements on such a dealer, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2019

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the private purchase or sale of a firearm or ammunition 
    except through a federally licensed firearms dealer, to impose 
   additional requirements on such a dealer, 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 ``Santa Fe High School Victims Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PRIVATE PURCHASE OR SALE OF FIREARM OR 
              AMMUNITION EXCEPT THROUGH A FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS 
              DEALER.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) It shall be unlawful for an individual to knowingly--
            ``(1) sell a firearm or ammunition, except to a licensed 
        dealer; or
            ``(2) purchase a firearm or ammunition, except from a 
        licensed dealer.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(8) Whoever violates section 922(aa) shall be fined not less than 
$75,000 and not more than $150,000, imprisoned not less than 15 years 
and not more than 25 years, or both.''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL RENEWAL OF FEDERAL LICENSE TO DEAL IN FIREARMS OTHER 
              THAN DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES; INCREASE IN LICENSE FEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 923(a)(3)(B) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$200 for 3 years'' and inserting ``$500 
        per year''; and
            (2) by striking ``$90 for 3 years'' and inserting ``$250 
        per year''.
    (b) Additional Increase in Fees.--Effective January 1, 2021, 
section 923(a)(3)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$500'' and inserting ``$1,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$250'' and inserting ``$500''.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FEDERALLY LICENSED 
              FIREARMS DEALERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Each licensed dealer shall report to the Attorney General and 
local law enforcement authorities any instance in which the licensed 
dealer suspects, or is made aware, that--
            ``(1) an actual or prospective purchaser of a firearm or 
        ammunition is exhibiting signs of mental duress, or suicidal or 
        homicidal ideation, or other behaviors which alarm the licensed 
        dealer; or
            ``(2) an individual has attempted to purchase a firearm on 
        behalf of another individual.
    ``(n)(1) Each licensed dealer shall prominently display at the 
business premises subject to the license to deal in firearms issued to 
the licensed dealer under this section--
            ``(A) the license;
            ``(B) the name and license number of each individual who is 
        licensed under this section to sell firearms at the business 
        premises; and
            ``(C) a toll-free telephone number established by the 
        Attorney General at which any individual, at any time of day, 
        may immediately report illegal, suspicious, or alarming 
        behavior.
    ``(2) The Attorney General shall establish a toll-free telephone 
number to which any individual, at any time of any day, may immediately 
report illegal, suspicious, or alarming behavior in relating to conduct 
at, or on the curtilage of, any business premises subject to a license 
to deal in firearms issued under this section.
    ``(o) Each licensed dealer shall successfully complete an annual 
training course, certified by the Attorney General, in reducing the 
risk of gun violence through identifying high-risk behaviors of 
customers for firearms or ammunition, and in such other matters 
relating to dealing in firearms as the Attorney General shall prescribe 
by regulation, that includes at least 40 hours of classroom 
training.''.
    (b) Enforcement.--Section 923(e) of such title is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the 2nd comma the following: 
        ``suspend or revoke a license to deal in firearms issued to a 
        licensed dealer who violates subsection (m), (n), or (o), or''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after the 2nd sentence the following: 
        ``The determination as to whether to suspend or revoke a 
        license to deal in firearms issued under this section shall be 
        based on the number of requirements of this chapter which have 
        been violated by the licensed dealer.''.
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