,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dici  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjai,mr4 ,bacon 7for himself and ,mr4  
,cisneros7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to combat straw purchases of     
firearms4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,stop ,straw       
,purchases ,act4  #b4 ,increase in      
penalties for straw purchasers of       
firearms ,section #ibd7;a77#b7 of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting 1 except that in the case  
of a violation of section #ibb7;a77#f7  
involving deception as to the identity  
of the actual transferee of a firearm1  
if the violator knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe the actual transferee  
intends the firearm to be used to commit
 a crime of violence 7as defined in     
subsection 7c77#c77 or drug trafficking 
crime 7as defined in subsection 7c77#b77

 or to be disposed of to a person       
prohibited from receiving the firearm1  
the violator shall be fined not more    
than #gej1jjj1 imprisoned not more than 
#be years1 or both before the period4   
#c4 ,prohibition on continuing criminal 
enterprise involving straw purchases of 
firearms2 prohibition on obtaining      
firearm by inducing straw purchase  7a7 
,prohibitions ,section #ibb of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
7aa7 ,it shall be unlawful for any      
person1 in or affecting interstate or   
foreign commerce1 to--  7#a7 induce1 or 
act in concert with1 another person to  
engage in a continuing series of        
violations of subsection 7a77#f7        
involving deception as to the identity  
of the actual transferee of a firearm1  
with the intent to obtain the firearm   
for use in a crime of violence 7as      
defined in section #ibd7;c77#c77 or drug
 trafficking crime 7as defined in       
section #ibd7;c77#b77 or on behalf of a 

person prohibited from receiving the    
firearm1 from which such person obtains 
substantial income or resources2 and    
7#b7 with respect to such other person1 
occupy a position of organizer1 a       
supervisory position1 or any other      
position of management4  7bb7 ,it shall 
be unlawful for any person1 in or       
affecting interstate or foreign         
commerce1 to obtain a firearm by        
inducing another person to violate      
subsection 7a77#f7 by falsely claiming  
to be the actual transferee of the      
firearm1 with the intent to obtain the  
firearm for use in a crime of violence  
7as defined in section #ibd7;c77#c77 or 
drug trafficking crime 7as defined in   
section #ibd7;c77#b77 or on behalf of a 
person prohibited from receiving the    
firearm4  4  7b7 ,penalties ,section    
#ibd7;a7 of such title is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7#h7  
,whoever knowingly violates section     
#ibb7;aa7 shall be fined not more than  
#a1jjj1jjj1 imprisoned not more than #cj

 years1 or both4  7#i7 ,whoever         
knowingly violates section #ibb7;bb7    
shall be fined not more than #gej1jjj1  
imprisoned not more than #be years1 or  
both4  4  #d4 ,inclusion in firearms    
transaction record form of outline of   
penalties for the straw purchase of a   
firearm ,the ,director of the ,bureau of
 ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 ,firearms and      
,explosives shall ensure that the       
,firearms ,transaction ,record form used
 by the ,bureau includes a statement    
outlining the penalties for acting as   
the straw purchaser of a firearm4 ,for  
purposes of this section1 a person acts 
as the straw purchaser of a firearm if  
the person violates section #ibb7;a77#f7
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1   
through deception as to the identity of 
the actual transferee of the firearm1 if
 the person knows or has reasonable     
cause to believe the actual transferee  
intends the firearm is to be used to    
commit a crime of violence 7as defined  
in section #ibd7;c77#c7 of such title7  

or drug trafficking crime 7as defined in
 section #ibd7;c77#b7 of such title7 or 
to be disposed of to a person prohibited
 from receiving the firearm4