Secure Background Checks Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2898
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-26
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong><b><b>Secure Background Checks Act of 2023</b></b></p> <p>This bill extends federal restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, and transportation of firearms and ammunition to two new categories of persons:</p> <ul> <li>persons who fail to meet the minimum age requirements imposed by federal law and by the law of their resident state; and</li> <li>persons who are out-of-state residents and do not qualify for an exception, such as the temporary loan or rental of a firearm for lawful sporting purposes. </li> </ul> <p>Additionally, the bill imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both&#8212;on an individual who ships, transports, or receives a firearm or ammunition while under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.</p> <p><br> </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2898 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2023 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Correa , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Norton , Mr. Carson , Ms. Stansbury , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Background Checks Act of 2023 . 2. Age and residential requirement Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) who fails to meet the age requirement— (A) described in subsection (b)(1); and (B) in the person’s State of residence; or (11) who— (A) does not reside in (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State in which the licensee’s place of business is located; and (B) is not subject to an exception under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(3), . 3. Penalties Section 924(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking , or (o) and inserting (n), or (o) .