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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 2618 (Introduced in House) — To modernize the business of selling firearms. · Sec. 12

Sec. 12. Authority with regard to license issuance and renewal

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Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c)— by inserting
(1)before Upon ; in the first sentence, by inserting , subject to paragraph (2), after the Attorney General shall ; and by adding at the end the following: The Attorney General shall deny an application submitted under subsection
(a)or
(b)if the Attorney General determines that— issuing the license would pose a danger to public safety; or the applicant— is not likely to comply with the law; or is otherwise not suitable to be issued a license. ; and in subsection (d)(1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking shall and inserting or renewal thereof shall, subject to subsection (c)(2), ; in subparagraph (C), by striking not willfully violated and inserting no uncured violations of ; and in subparagraph (F)— in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: each employee employed in the business— will be at least the minimum age at which individuals may possess a firearm in the locality in which the business will be conducted; and is not prohibited from being transferred a firearm, or transporting, shipping, or receiving firearms or ammunition, in interstate or foreign commerce by subsection (d), (g), or
(n)(as applicable) of section 922 or by State, local, or Tribal law; and . Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (e)— in the first sentence, by inserting or suspend after revoke ; and in the third sentence, by striking Secretary's and inserting Attorney General's ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph (1)— by inserting or suspended after revoked each place it appears; and by inserting or suspension after revocation each place it appears; in paragraph (2)— by striking , or revokes and inserting , revokes, or suspends ; and by striking or revocation and inserting , revocation, or suspension ; and in paragraph (3)— by inserting or suspend after revoke each place it appears; and by striking or revocation and inserting , revocation, or suspension . Section 926(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking only . The matter under the heading under the heading Salaries and Expenses in title II of division B of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 113–6 ; 127 Stat. 247) is amended by striking the sixth proviso. The matter under the heading under the heading Salaries and Expenses in title II of division B of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 ( Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Public Law 112–55 ; 125 Stat. 609) is amended by striking the ninth proviso.
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Sec. 12
Authority with regard to license issuance and renewal
Stat.127 Stat. 247
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-55
Stat.125 Stat. 609
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