,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1        
#bjai,mr4 ,clyburn 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,king of ,new ,york1 and ,mr4           
,cunningham7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend chapter #dd of title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code1 to strengthen the
 background check procedures to be      
followed before a ,federal firearms     
licensee may transfer a firearm to a    
person who is not such a licensee4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,enhanced ,background ,checks ,act  
of #bjai4  #b4 ,strengthening of        
background check procedures to be       
followed before a ,federal firearms     
licensee may transfer a firearm to a    
person who is not such a licensee       
,section #ibb7t77#a77;,b77ii7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by striking
 clause 7ii7 and inserting the          

following3  7ii7 in the event the system
 has not notified the licensee that the 
receipt of a firearm by such other      
person would violate subsection 7g7 or  
7n7 of this section--  7,i7 not fewer   
than #aj business days 7meaning a day on
 which ,state offices are open7 has     
elapsed since the licensee contacted the
 system1 and the system has not notified
 the licensee that the receipt of a     
firearm by such other person would      
violate subsection 7g7 or 7n7 of this   
section1 and the other person has       
submitted1 electronically through a     
website established by the ,attorney    
,general or by first-class mail1 a      
petition for review which--  7aa7       
certifies that such other person has no 
reason to believe that such other person
 is prohibited by ,federal1 ,state1 or  
local law from purchasing or possessing 
a firearm2 and  7bb7 requests that the  
system respond to the contact referred  
to in subparagraph 7,a7 within #aj      
business days after the date the        

petition was submitted 7or1 if the      
petition is submitted by first-class    
mail1 the date the letter containing the
 petition is postmarked72 and  7,,ii7   
#aj business days have elapsed since the
 other person so submitted the petition1
 and the system has not notified the    
licensee that the receipt of a firearm  
by such other person would violate      
subsection 7g7 or 7n7 of this section2  
and  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#g7 ,the ,attorney     
,general shall--  7,a7 prescribe the    
form on which a petition shall be       
submitted pursuant to paragraph         
7#a77;,b77ii72  7,b7 make the form      
available electronically1 and provide a 
copy of the form to all licensees       
referred to in paragraph 7#a72  7,c7    
provide the petitioner and the licensee 
involved written notice of receipt of   
the petition1 either electronically or  
by first-class mail2 and  7,d7 respond  
on an expedited basis to any such       
petition received by the ,attorney      

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