Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

Bill: 115-hr-4343
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify certain law enforcement agencies when a firearm is transferred to a person who is subsequently determined to be prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4343 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2017 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Ms. Norton , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Blumenauer , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act . 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 ( 18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 107. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited 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 title 18, United States Code, and such 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). (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. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 ( 18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 106 the following: 107. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of a firearm. .