,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eidi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ab1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,rosendale 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,gosar1 ,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,moore of
 ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4  
,buck1 ,mr4 ,brecheen1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 and
 ,mr4 ,collins7 introduced the following
 bill  ,october #be1 #bjbc,referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to enhance the privacy of
 legal gun owners1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting ,gun    
,owners' ,privacy ,act of #bjbc4  #b4   
,enhancement of privacy of legal gun    
owners  7a7 ,disposition of records     
,section #ibc7;g7 of title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7#h7 7,a7       
,nothing in this paragraph shall be     
interpreted to expand or restrict the   
authority of the ,bureau of ,alcohol1   
,tobacco1 ,firearms1 and ,explosives to 

carry out any provision of this chapter4
  7,b7 7i7 ,a department1 agency1 or    
instrumentality of the ,federal         
,government may not store any record or 
bound volume required under this chapter
 that is received by the department1    
agency1 or instrumentality on or after  
the date of the enactment of this       
clause1 unless the record or bound      
volume is needed in an ongoing bona fide
 criminal investigation or prosecution4 
7ii7 ,in the case of such a record or   
bound volume received by such a         
department1 agency1 or instrumentality  
before such date of enactment1 the      
department1 agency1 or instrumentality  
shall destroy the record and any        
information from the record or bound    
volume that the department1 agency1 or  
instrumentality has stored1 unless the  
record or bound volume is needed in an  
ongoing bona fide criminal investigation
 or prosecution4  7,c7 ,a department or 
agency of the ,federal ,government may  
not acquire directly from a licensed    

importer1 licensed manufacturer1 or     
licensed dealer a record required to be 
maintained by the licensee under this   
chapter4 ,on request of such a          
department or agency1 the ,attorney     
,general may provide the department or  
agency1 as the case may be1 with such a 
record obtained by the ,attorney        
,general pursuant to this chapter4  4   
7b7 ,limitation on content of required  
reports and records  7#a7 ,multiple     
firearm sales reports ,section          
#ibc7;g77#c77;,a7 of such title is      
amended by adding at the end the        
following3 ,the ,attorney ,general may  
not require or authorize any personal   
identifying information to be included  
on the form44  7#b7 ,firearm transaction
 records ,section #ibf of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7d7 ,the ,attorney ,general 
may not require or authorize any        
personal identifying information of an  
individual seeking to acquire a firearm 
to be included in any record required to

 be kept pursuant to this chapter4  4   
7c7 ,definition of personal identifying 
information ,section #iba7;a7 of such   
title is amended by inserting after     
paragraph 7#cj7 the following3  7#ca7   
,the term personal identifying          
information means any representation of 
information that permits the identity of
 an individual to whom the information  
applies to be reasonably inferred by    
either direct or indirect means1        
including information enabling the      
contacting of the individual4  4