Sec. 804. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or attempted purchase of a firearm

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Title I of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 ( 34 U.S.C. 40911 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System pursuant to the request of a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code), which background check determines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would violate subsection (g)(8) or (g)(9) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or, if receipt would violate subsection (g)(1) of such section, that receipt would violate subsection (g)(9) if the crime were a misdemeanor, and such determination is made after 3 business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted the System and a firearm has been transferred to that person, the System shall notify the law enforcement agencies described in subsection (b).

The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction over the location from which the licensee contacted the system and the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction over the location of the residence of the person for which the background check was conducted, as follows: The field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The local law enforcement agency. The State law enforcement agency. The Tribal law enforcement agency. .

The table of contents in section 1(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 ( Public Law 110–180 ; 121 Stat. 2559) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 107 the following: 108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of a firearm. .

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Enhancement of requirement that Federal departments and agencies provide relevant information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
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Pub. L. 110-180
121 Stat. 2559

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Sec. 804

Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or attempted purchase of a firearm

U.S.C.§ 40911

Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-180

Stat.121 Stat. 2559

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