Permanent Brady Waiting Period Act of 1999 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide for the establishment of a minimum 72-hour handgun purchase waiting period, unless: (1) a prospective purchaser presents a written statement from the chief law enforcement officer of his or her place of residence during a specified ten-day period, stating that access to a handgun is necessary because of a threat to that person's life or the life of a member of his or her household; or (2) the law of the State in which the proposed transfer will occur requires that an authorized State or local official verify that the information available does not indicate that possession of a handgun by the prospective purchaser would violate the law and that such official has provided such verification in accordance with that law.
Requires, when a person applies to buy a handgun, that: (1) the licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer contact the chief law enforcement officer of the prospective purchaser's place of residence; and (2) five (currently, three) business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted the national instant criminal background check system.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1062 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1062
To amend section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, to require the
reporting of information to the chief law enforcement officer of the
buyer's residence and to require a minimum 72-hour waiting period
before the purchase of a handgun, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 1999
Mr. Porter (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, to require the
reporting of information to the chief law enforcement officer of the
buyer's residence and to require a minimum 72-hour waiting period
before the purchase of a handgun, and for other purposes.
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 referred to as the ``Permanent Brady Waiting Period
Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM 72-HOUR HANDGUN PURCHASE WAITING
PERIOD.
Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``before the completion of
the transfer, the licensee'' and inserting
``after the most recent proposal of the
transfer by the transferee, the licensee, as
expeditiously as is feasible,''; and
(ii) by inserting ``and the chief law
enforcement officer of the place of residence
of the transferee'' after ``Act'';
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
(i) by striking ``3'' and inserting ``5'';
and
(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) if the firearm is a handgun--
``(i) not less than 72 hours have elapsed since the
licensee contacted the system;
``(ii) the transferee has presented to the
transferor a written statement, issued by the chief law
enforcement officer of the place of residence of the
transferee during the 10-day period ending on the date
of the most recent proposal of such transfer by the
transferee, stating that the transferee requires access
to a handgun because of a threat to the life of the
transferee or of a member of the household of the
transferee; or
``(iii) the law of the State in which the proposed
transfer will occur requires, before any licensed
importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer
completes the transfer of a handgun to an individual
who is not licensed under section 923, that an
authorized State or local official verify that the
information available to the official does not indicate
that possession of a handgun by the transferee would be
in violation of the law, and the authorized State or
local official has provided such verification in
accordance with that law.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) In this subsection, the term `chief law enforcement officer'
means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an equivalent officer of a
law enforcement agency, or the designee of any such officer.
``(8) A chief law enforcement officer who is contacted under
paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the proposed transfer of a firearm
shall, not later than 20 business days after the date on which the
contact occurs, destroy any statement or other record containing
information derived from the contact, unless the chief law enforcement
officer determines that the transfer would violate Federal, State, or
local law.
``(9) The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations
regarding the manner in which information shall be transmitted by
licensees to the national instant criminal background check system
under paragraph (1)(A).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
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