,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #be1 #bjac  
,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,bishop 
of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4     
,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 ,mr4 ,conyers1
 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4        
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,holt1    
,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,pingree
 of ,maine1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4      
,schwartz1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 and ,mr4    
,van ,hollen7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to restore certain authorities of the  
,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1          
,firearms1 and ,explosives to administer
 the firearms laws1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,gun ,transparency  
and ,accountability 7,gun ,,trac7 ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,use of firearm trace    
information in civil proceedings        
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the contents of the ,firearms      

,trace ,system database maintained by   
the ,national ,trace ,center of the     
,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms
 and ,explosives shall not be immune    
from legal process1 shall be subject to 
subpoena or other discovery1 shall be   
admissible as evidence1 and may be used1
 relied on1 or disclosed in any manner1 
and testimony or other evidence may be  
permitted based on the data1 on the same
 basis as other information1 in a civil 
action in any ,state 7including the     
,district of ,columbia7 or ,federal     
court or in an administrative           
proceeding4  #c4 ,requirement to        
preserve instant criminal background    
check records for #ij days  7a7 ,in     
general ,section #ibb7t77#b77;,c7 of    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by inserting after the #ij-;day 
period that begins with the date the    
system complies with subparagraphs 7,a7 
and 7,b71 before destroy4  7b7          
,conforming amendment ,section #eaa of  
the ,consolidated and ,further          

,continuing ,appropriations ,act1 #bjab 
7#ah ,u4,s4,c4 #ibb note2 ,public ,law  
#aab-ee2 #abe ,stat4 #fcb7 is amended-- 
7#a7 by striking for-- and all that     
follows through 7#a72 and  7#b7 by      
striking the semicolon and all that     
follows and inserting a period4  #d4    
,elimination of limitation on imposition
 of requirement that firearms dealers to
 conduct physical check of firearms     
inventory ,the matter under the heading 
,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms
 and ,explosives--,salaries and         
,expenses in title ,i of division ,b of 
the ,consolidated and ,further          
,continuing ,appropriations ,act1 #bjab 
7#ah ,u4,s4,c4 #ibc note2 ,public ,law  
#aab-ee2 #abe ,stat4 #fji-faj7 is       
amended by striking the #gth proviso4   
#e4 ,increased penalties for willful    
noncompliance with firearm licensee     
inventory reporting order ,section      
#ibd7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#h7 ,notwithstanding   

the preceding provisions of this        
subsection1 a person licensed under this
 chapter who willfully violates an      
inventory reporting order issued under  
section #ibc7;g77#a7 shall be fined     
under this title1 imprisoned not more   
than #e years1 or both4  4  #f4         
,ineligibility for ,federal firearms    
license of person whose firearms license
 has been revoked ,section #ibc7;a7 of  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by inserting after the #ast     
sentence the following3 ,the ,attorney  
,general may not accept such an         
application from a person whose license 
issued under this chapter has been      
revoked44