Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Universal gun background checks at gun shows.
Title: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013
Subject: Business records: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors. Provides that if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show, each licensed importer, manufacturer, and dealer who transfers one or more firearms to a person who is not licensed shall, within 10 days after the transfer, submit a report of the transfer to the Attorney General. Sets forth penalties for violations. Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the place of business of any gun show promoter and any place where a gun show is held, during business hours and without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, for purposes of examining records and the inventory of licensees conducting business to determine compliance with this Act. Increases penalties for: (1) serious record-keeping violations by licensees, and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 22, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN00022:@@@L&summ2=m&
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19 sponsors: Lautenberg, Frank R.; Blumenthal, Richard; Boxer, Barbara; Cardin, Benjamin L.; Carper, Thomas R.; Coons, Christopher A.; Cowan, William M.; Feinstein, Dianne; Franken, Al; Gillibrand, Kirsten E.; Klobuchar, Amy; Levin, Carl; Menendez, Robert; Mikulski, Barbara A.; Murray, Patty; Reed, Jack; Schumer, Charles E.; Whitehouse, Sheldon; Wyden, Ron
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 22 2013 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 25 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill