,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #d  #aafth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #aaab
  ,report ,no4 #aaf-ab  ,,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        
,february #bb1 #bjai ,additional        
sponsors3 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4    
,schneider1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1   
,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4     
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mrs4   
,demings1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4            
,malinowski1 and ,mr4 ,khanna  ,february
 #bb1 #bjai ,reported with an amendment1
 committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,february

 #h1 #bjai  ,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      
,general4  4  #c4 ,new terminology for  
those with mental illness ,section #ibb 
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended in each of subsections 7d77#d7  
and 7g77#d7 by striking adjudicated as a
 mental defective and inserting         
adjudicated with mental illness1 severe 
developmental disability1 or severe     

emotional instability4  ,february #bb1  
#bjai ,reported with an amendment1      
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed