,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #db  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4        
,durbin1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4      
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,booker1   
,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4       
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4
 ,coons1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mrs4         
,feinstein1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4     
,harris1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1  
,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4         
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,markey1  
,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mrs4    
,murray1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 
,rosen1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,schatz1    
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4       
,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,van       
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,ms4 ,warren1    
,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require a background check for every

 firearm sale4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,background    
,check ,expansion ,act4  #b4 ,firearms  
transfers  7a7 ,in general ,section #ibb
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  7aa7 7#a7 7,a7 ,it shall be 
unlawful for any person who is not a    
licensed importer1 licensed             
manufacturer1 or licensed dealer to     
transfer a firearm to any other person  
who is not so licensed1 unless a        
licensed importer1 licensed             
manufacturer1 or licensed dealer has    
first taken possession of the firearm   
for the purpose of complying with       
subsection 7t74  7,b7 ,upon taking      
possession of a firearm under           
subparagraph 7,a71 a licensee shall     
comply with all requirements of this    
chapter as if the licensee were         
transferring the firearm from the       
inventory of the licensee to the        
unlicensed transferee4  7,c7 ,if a      
transfer of a firearm described in      

subparagraph 7,a7 will not be completed 
for any reason after a licensee takes   
possession of the firearm 7including    
because the transfer of the firearm to1 
or receipt of the firearm by1 the       
transferee would violate this chapter71 
the return of the firearm to the        
transferor by the licensee shall not    
constitute the transfer of a firearm for
 purposes of this chapter4  7#b7        
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to--    
7,a7 a law enforcement agency or any law
 enforcement officer1 armed private     
security professional1 or member of the 
armed forces1 to the extent the officer1
 professional1 or member is acting      
within the course and scope of          
employment and official duties2  7,b7 a 
transfer that is a loan or bona fide    
gift between spouses1 between domestic  
partners1 between parents and their     
children1 between siblings1 between     
aunts or uncles and their nieces or     
nephews1 or between grandparents and    
their grandchildren2  7,c7 a transfer to

 an executor1 administrator1 trustee1 or
 personal representative of an estate or
 a trust that occurs by operation of law
 upon the death of another person2  7,d7
 a temporary transfer that is necessary 
to prevent imminent death or great      
bodily harm1 if the possession by the   
transferee lasts only as long as        
immediately necessary to prevent the    
imminent death or great bodily harm2    
7,e7 a transfer that is approved by the 
,attorney ,general under section #ehab  
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of      
#aihf2 or  7,f7 a temporary transfer if 
the transferor has no reason to believe 
that the transferee will use or intends 
to use the firearm in a crime or is     
prohibited from possessing firearms     
under ,state or ,federal law1 and the   
transfer takes place and the            
transferee's possession of the firearm  
is exclusively--  7i7 at a shooting     
range or in a shooting gallery or other 
area designated for the purpose of      
target shooting2  7ii7 while reasonably 

necessary for the purposes of hunting1  
trapping1 or fishing1 if the            
transferor-- 7,i7 has no reason to      
believe that the transferee intends to  
use the firearm in a place where it is  
illegal2 and  7,,ii7 has reason to      
believe that the transferee will comply 
with all licensing and permit           
requirements for such hunting1 trapping1
 or fishing2 or  7iii7 while in the     
presence of the transferor4  4  7b7     
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect #ahj   
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act4