S 1795 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019

Introduced Jun 12, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 12, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 12, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019

This bill modifies the requirements and penalties applicable to an individual who engages in the business of dealing, importing, or manufacturing firearms (i.e., a federal firearms licensee, or FFL).

Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • increases the allowable number of annual compliance inspections;
  • authorizes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to hire at least 80 additional personnel to conduct additional inspections;
  • increases the maximum prison term for an FFL or licensed collector who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in required firearms records;
  • allows the ATF to require an FFL to conduct physical inventories if the FFL unlawfully transfers a firearm or if 10 or more crime guns are traced back to the FFL;
  • allows the ATF to deny an application for a federal firearms license if it would endanger public safety or if the applicant is unlikely to comply with the law; and
  • modifies the liability standard for an FFL who fails to comply with laws or regulations.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 12, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJun 12, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 12, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3234Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019Identical billJun 28, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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  1. Jun 12, 2019Introduced in Senate

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