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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 4240 (Introduced in House) — To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are li... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Rule of construction. Sec. 4. Severability. Title I—Ensuring that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a gun are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Sec. 101. Reauthorization of the National Criminal History Records Improvement Program.
Sec. 102. Improvement of metrics and incentives. Sec. 103. Grants to States for improvement of coordination and automation of NICS record reporting. Sec. 104. Relief from disabilities program. Sec. 105. Clarification that Federal court information is to be made available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Sec. 106. Codification of HIPAA authority for covered entities to submit mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Sec. 107. Publication of NICS index statistics. Sec. 108. Effective date. Title II—Providing a Responsible and Consistent Background Check Process Sec. 201. Purpose. Sec. 202. Firearms transfers. Sec. 203. Penalties. Sec. 204. Rule of construction. Sec. 205. Effective date.
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