,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fabf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,mr4 
,steube 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 
,marshall1 and ,mr4 ,watkins7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,judiciary1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to allow the    
transfer of a silencer after the end of 
the #ij-;day period beginning with the  
application for such transfer4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,end the ,normalized ,delay of      
,suppressors ,act of #bjbj4  #b4        
#ij-;day application period for transfer
 of silencers  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#ehab of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of
 #aihf is amended by adding at the end  

the following new subsection3  7c7      
#ij-;,day application period for        
silencers ,in the case of a transfer of 
a silencer1 such transfer may be made1  
notwithstanding subsection 7a71 if #ij  
days have elapsed since the application 
required by such subsection was filed   
with respect to such silencer1 and such 
application has not been denied4  4  7b7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall apply to transfers  
more than #ahj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4  #c4 ,annual
 reports to ,congress on timeliness of  
criminal background checks of           
prospective firearm purchasers ,the     
,attorney ,general shall annually       
prepare and submit to the majority and  
minority leader of each ,house of       
,congress a written report on the       
timeliness of the criminal background   
checks conducted with respect to firearm
 transfer applications under section    
#ehab of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of
 #aihf4 ,the report shall set forth     

information with respect to each type of
 firearm specified in section #ehde7;a7 
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of      
#aihf1 and include information such as  
the average case disposition time1 the  
number of criminal background checks    
7other than of prospective transfers of 
silencers7 that took more than #ahj days
 to complete1 and the number of         
applications that1 when initially filed1
 were incomplete4