Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-903
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-05-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Immigration status and procedures

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to consider a legal alien to be a state resident for purposes of federal firearms possessions only if the alien is residing in a state in which he or she has resided for at least 90 days before the date of sale or delivery of a firearm.</p> <p>Makes it illegal for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is not a lawful U.S. permanent resident alien.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 903 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2013 Mr. Reid (for Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Schumer , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Durbin , and Mr. Reed )) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To clarify State of residence requirements for aliens and nonimmigrant requirements for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013 . 2. State of residence clarification Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 921, by adding at the end the following: (c) For purposes of this chapter, an alien, as defined in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3) ), who is legally in the United States shall be considered to be a resident of a State only if the alien— (1) is residing in the State; and (2) has resided in the State for not less than 90 days before the date of sale or delivery of a firearm. ; and (2) in section 922— (A) in subsection (d)(5)(B), by striking (y)(2) and all that follows and inserting (y), is in the United States not as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; ; (B) in subsection (g)(5)(B), by striking (y)(2) and all that follows and inserting (y), is in the United States not as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; ; and (C) in subsection (y)— (i) in the heading by striking admitted under nonimmigrant visas and inserting not lawfully admitted for permanent residence ; (ii) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: (B) the term lawfully admitted for permanent residence has the same meaning as in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)). ; (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking under a nonimmigrant visa and inserting but not lawfully admitted for permanent residence ; and (iv) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa and inserting lawfully admitted to the United States but not as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence .