I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3552 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 Back- ground Check System determines that a person may not receive a fire- arm, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 27, 2019 Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. NOR- TON, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SIRES, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CASE, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. MENG, and Ms. BROWNLEY of California) 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 agen- cies in the event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys- tem determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:51 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3552.IH H3552 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3552 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlawful Gun Buyer 2 Alert Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 4 OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED 5 PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 7 Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911–40917) is 8 amended by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN- 10 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR AT- 11 TEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 13 check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back- 14 ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li- 15 censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 16 of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 17 title 18, United States Code), which background check de- 18 termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 19 violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of such title, 20 including any such case in which the determination is 21 made after 3 business days have elapsed since the licensee 22 contacted the System and a firearm has been transferred 23 to that person, the System shall notify the law enforce- 24 ment agencies described in subsection (b) of this section. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:51 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3552.IH H3552 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3552 IH ‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 1 The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 2 are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 3 over the location from which the licensee contacted the 4 system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris- 5 diction over the location of the residence of the person for 6 which the background check was conducted, as follows: 7 ‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 8 Investigation. 9 ‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 10 ‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency.’’. 11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 12 of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended by insert- 13 ing after the item relating to section 107 the following: 14 ‘‘108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or at- tempted purchase of a firearm.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:51 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3552.IH H3552 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS