End the Normalized Delay of Suppressors Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6126 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the transfer of a silencer after the end of the 90-day period beginning with the applica- tion for such transfer. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 5, 2020 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. WATKINS) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe- riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con- sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- mittee concerned A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the transfer of a silencer after the end of the 90-day period beginning with the application for such transfer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End the Normalized 4 Delay of Suppressors Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Mar 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6126.IH H6126 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6126 IH SEC. 2. 90-DAY APPLICATION PERIOD FOR TRANSFER OF SI- 1 LENCERS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5812 of the Internal Rev- 3 enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 4 following new subsection: 5 ‘‘(c) 90-DAY APPLICATION PERIOD FOR SILENC- 6 ERS.—In the case of a transfer of a silencer, such transfer 7 may be made, notwithstanding subsection (a), if 90 days 8 have elapsed since the application required by such sub- 9 section was filed with respect to such silencer, and such 10 application has not been denied.’’. 11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 12 this section shall apply to transfers more than 180 days 13 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON TIMELINESS 15 OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF 16 PROSPECTIVE FIREARM PURCHASERS. 17 The Attorney General shall annually prepare and 18 submit to the majority and minority leader of each House 19 of Congress a written report on the timeliness of the crimi- 20 nal background checks conducted with respect to firearm 21 transfer applications under section 5812 of the Internal 22 Revenue Code of 1986. The report shall set forth informa- 23 tion with respect to each type of firearm specified in sec- 24 tion 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and 25 include information such as the average case disposition 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Mar 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6126.IH H6126 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6126 IH time, the number of criminal background checks (other 1 than of prospective transfers of silencers) that took more 2 than 180 days to complete, and the number of applications 3 that, when initially filed, were incomplete. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Mar 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6126.IH H6126 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS