Gun Dealer Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-3853
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Firearms and explosives

Licensing and registrations

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Gun Dealer Accountability Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to grant discretion to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to approve an application by, and issue a federal firearms license to, a gun dealer.</p> <p>Additionally, it authorizes the ATF to conduct more than one compliance inspection during a 12-month period if, in the preceding two years, a court has found that a licensed gun dealer transferred a firearm unlawfully, or the Department of Justice (DOJ) has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the dealer.</p> <p>Finally, the bill amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, and the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, to permit the ATF to require a licensed gun dealer to conduct a physical inventory if, in the preceding two years, a court has found that a licensed gun dealer transferred a firearm unlawfully or DOJ has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the dealer.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3853 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 28, 2015 Ms. Moore introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide the Attorney General with greater discretion in issuing Federal firearms licenses, and to authorize temporarily greater scrutiny of Federal firearms licensees who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or had 10 or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 2 years.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gun Dealer Accountability Act . 2. Greater discretion in issuing Federal firearms licenses Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking shall issue and inserting may issue ; and (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking shall be and inserting may be . 3. Authorization of temporarily greater scrutiny of Federal firearms licensees who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or had 10 or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 2 years (a) Authority to temporarily increase frequency of inspections Section 923(g)(1)(B)(ii)(I) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting , except that this subclause shall not apply with respect to a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a court has found the licensee to have transferred a firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the licensee before the semicolon. (b) Authority to temporarily require conduct of a physical inventory of firearms business (1) The matter under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses in title II of division B of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 ( 18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 113–6 ; 127 Stat. 248) is amended in the 5th proviso by inserting , unless the rule applies only to a business of a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a court has found the licensee to have transferred a firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the licensee before the colon. (2) The matter under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses in title I of division B of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 ( 18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 112–55 ; 125 Stat. 609–610) is amended in the 7th proviso by inserting , unless the rule applies only to a business of a licensee if, in the preceding 2 years, a court has found the licensee to have transferred a firearm unlawfully or the Attorney General has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the licensee before the colon.