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To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer.

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I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 167 To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF A FIREARM AT 3 A GUN SHOW BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT A LI- 4 CENSED DEALER. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 7 lowing: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:43 Jan 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H167.IH H167 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 167 IH ‘‘(aa)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to trans- 1 fer a firearm at a gun show, unless the person is a licensed 2 dealer. 3 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a transfer 4 to a person licensed under this chapter. 5 ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘gun show’— 6 ‘‘(A) means an event or function— 7 ‘‘(i) held for the purpose of facilitating the 8 commercial sale, transfer, or exchange of fire- 9 arms; and 10 ‘‘(ii) at which a firearm is displayed, exhib- 11 ited, offered for sale, transfer, or exchange, or 12 sold, transferred, or exchanged; and 13 ‘‘(B) includes the entire premises, including 14 parking areas, used to facilitate the sale, transfer, or 15 exchange of firearms at the event or function.’’. 16 (b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 17 amended by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) 19 shall be fined an amount equal to $10,000 multiplied by 20 the number of firearms involved in the violation, impris- 21 oned not less than 1 year and not more than 2 years, or 22 both.’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:43 Jan 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H167.IH H167 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS

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