To prevent the illegal sale of firearms, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires Attorney General to promulgate regulations within 12 months mandating hidden serial numbers (inside receiver or infrared-visible) on all domestically manufactured firearms, requires NICS background check records to be preserved for 180 days before destruction, amending current law that requires immediate destruction, and requires licensed firearms dealers to conduct regular physical inventory checks of their firearms business inventory per Attorney General regulations. It relies on exemptions, compliance mandates, definition changes, and product standards. The main policy areas are Firearms Regulation and Trade.
Who Benefits and How
Licensed firearms dealers could see lower costs, Gun buyers could see lower costs, and Law enforcement agencies could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Gun rights organizations would be affected, Licensed firearms dealers (FFLs) would take on compliance duties, and Ghost gun kit sellers and manufacturers would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires Attorney General to promulgate regulations within 12 months mandating hidden serial numbers (inside receiver or infrared-visible) on all domestically manufactured firearms.
- Requires NICS background check records to be preserved for 180 days before destruction, amending current law that requires immediate destruction.
- Requires licensed firearms dealers to conduct regular physical inventory checks of their firearms business inventory per Attorney General regulations.
- Repeals multiple appropriations riders from 2003-2012 that restricted ATF activities, including limitations on gun trace data sharing, requirement for dealer license revocation policies, and restrictions on enforcement...
- Exempts preserves prohibition on using appropriated funds to implement any tax or fee for NICS background check system under 18 USC 922(t).
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires Attorney General to promulgate regulations within 12 months mandating hidden serial numbers (inside receiver or infrared-visible) on all domestically manufactured firearms, requires NICS background check records to be preserved for 180 days before destruction, amending current law that requires immediate destruction, and requires licensed firearms dealers to conduct regular physical inventory checks of their firearms business inventory per Attorney General regulations.
Key Policy Areas
Firearms Regulation, Trade
Primary Purpose
The bill requires Attorney General to promulgate regulations within 12 months mandating hidden serial numbers (inside receiver or infrared-visible) on all domestically manufactured firearms, requires NICS background check records to be preserved for 180 days before destruction, amending current law that requires immediate destruction, and requires licensed firearms dealers to conduct regular physical inventory checks of their firearms business inventory per Attorney General regulations.
Policy Domains
Prevent Illegal Firearms Sale Act
Identified Gains
- Licensed firearms dealers
- Gun buyers
- Law enforcement agencies
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Law enforcement agencies (state and local)
Identified Costs
- Gun rights organizations
- Licensed firearms dealers (FFLs)
- Ghost gun kit sellers and manufacturers
- Firearms manufacturers
- Unfinished frame/receiver sellers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Licensed firearms dealers, Licensed firearms dealers (FFLs), Unfinished frame/receiver sellers
Licensed firearms dealers faces effects in multiple directions
Gun buyers, Gun buyers (privacy concerns)
Positive-direction: Gun buyers
Negative-direction: Gun buyers (privacy concerns)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, FBI (NICS operator), Law enforcement
3D printed firearm makers, Firearms manufacturers, Ghost gun kit sellers and manufacturers
Law enforcement agencies (state and local)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Includes assembling a functional firearm from an unfinished frame or receiver or from molding, machining, or 3D printing a frame or receiver
Now includes any combination of parts designed or intended for use in converting any device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled
Any forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body or similar article that has reached a stage in manufacture at which it may readily be completed, assembled, or converted to be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm, or is marketed or sold to become a firearm once completed
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