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This legislation would require the reporting of 2 or more sales of ANY gun to the same individual. This is an unfunded burdensome mandate that is intended to build a database of gun owners when the current reporting system has proven useless.
Title: Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2019
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Business records: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Retail and wholesale trades
Description: Expands reporting requirements with respect to sales or dispositions of multiple firearms. Currently, a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) must report multiple sales of pistols or revolvers to the same person within five business days. requires a federal firearms licensee to report multiple sales or dispositions of any firearms to the same person within five business days.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 2, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4324/all-info
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8 sponsors: Norma Torres (D); Bradley Schneider (D); Eliot Engel (D); Stephanie Murphy (D); Eleanor Norton (D); David Cicilline (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Jamie Raskin (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Oct 2 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
House | Sep 12 2019 | Introduced in House |
House | Sep 12 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Sep 16 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
There have not been any votes on this bill