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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1775 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2021 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Reauthorization and improvements to NICS. Sec. 4. Availability of records to NICS. Sec. 5. Definitions relating to mental health. Sec. 6. Conditions for treatment of certain persons as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes. Sec. 7. Reports and certifications to Congress.
Sec. 8. Increasing Federal prosecution of gun violence. Sec. 9. Prosecution of felons and fugitives who attempt to illegally purchase firearms. Sec. 10. Limitation on operations by the Department of Justice. Sec. 11. Straw purchasing of firearms. Sec. 12. Increased penalties for lying and buying. Sec. 13. Amendments to section 924
(a). Sec. 14. Amendments to section 924
(h). Sec. 15. Amendments to section 924
(k). Sec. 16. Multiple sales reports for rifles and shotguns. Sec. 17. Study by the National Institutes of Justice and National Academy of Sciences on the causes of mass shootings. Sec. 18. Reports to Congress regarding ammunition purchases by Federal agencies. Sec. 19. Reduction of Byrne JAG funds for State failure to provide mental health records to NICS. Sec. 20. Firearm commerce modernization. Sec. 21. Firearm dealer access to law enforcement information. Sec. 22. Interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. Sec. 23. Preventing duplicative grants.
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