HR 1074

HR 1074 IH

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.

February 13, 2009

Mr. SCALISE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act’.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INTERSTATE FIREARMS TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Firearms Dispositions- Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking ‘rifle or shotgun’ and inserting ‘firearm’; and

(2) in subparagraph (A)--

(A) by striking ‘located,’ and inserting ‘located or temporarily located,’; and

(B) by striking ‘both such States’ and inserting ‘the State in which the transfer is conducted and the State of residence of the transferee’.

(b) Dealer Location- Section 923 of such title is amended--

(1) in subsection (j)--

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘, and such location is in the State which is specified on the license’; and

(B) in the last sentence--

(i) by inserting ‘transfer,’ after ‘sell,’;

(ii) by striking all that follows ‘Act’ and inserting a period; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘(m) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the sale, transfer, delivery, or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition--

‘(1) by a person licensed under this chapter to another person so licensed, at any location in any State; or

‘(2) by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to a person not licensed under this chapter, at a temporary location described in subsection (j) in any State.’.