[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2898

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails 
 to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, 
   possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the 
    penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under 
                  indictment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2023

 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
    Correa, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carson, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. 
  Velazquez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. 
  Jackson Lee, and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails 
 to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, 
   possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the 
    penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under 
                  indictment, 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 cited as the ``Secure Background Checks Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. AGE AND RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT.

    Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) who fails to meet the age requirement--
                    ``(A) described in subsection (b)(1); and
                    ``(B) in the person's State of residence; or
            ``(11) who--
                    ``(A) does not reside in (or if the person is a 
                corporation or other business entity, does not maintain 
                a place of business in) the State in which the 
                licensee's place of business is located; and
                    ``(B) is not subject to an exception under 
                subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(3),''.

SEC. 3. PENALTIES.

    Section 924(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``, or (o)'' and inserting ``(n), or (o)''.
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