S 22 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013

Introduced Jan 22, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 22, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2013 to May 15, 2013, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJan 22, 2013
D-MNAl FrankenJan 24, 2013
D-MNAmy KlobucharJan 24, 2013
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Actions 2

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  1. Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 22, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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  1. Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate

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