1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2017”.
Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2017
A BILL
To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.
2. Limitations on purchases of ammunition
Licensing of ammunition dealers—
In general— Section 923(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by striking “, or importing or manufacturing” and inserting “or”.
Conforming amendment— Section 921(a)(11)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or ammunition” after “firearms”.
Requirement for face-to-Face sales of and licensing To sell ammunition— Section 922 of such title is amended—
in subsection (a)(1)—
by striking “for any person—” and all that follows through “(A) except” and inserting “(A) for any person except”; and
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
“(B) for—
“(i) any person except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to—
“(I) sell ammunition, except that this subclause shall not apply to a sale of ammunition by a person to a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer; or
“(II) engage in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, to ship, transport, or receive any ammunition; or
“(ii) a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transfer ammunition to a person unless the licensee, in the physical presence of the person, has verified the identity of the person by examining a valid identification document (as defined in section 1028(d) of this title) of the person containing a photograph of the person;”
in subsection (b)(5), by striking “or armor-piercing”.
Limit on shipping and transporting of ammunition— Section 922(a)(2) of such title is amended—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “, or to ship or transport any ammunition,” after “any firearm”; and
in subparagraph (B), by inserting “or ammunition” after “a firearm”.
Recordkeeping regarding ammunition—
In general— Section 923(g) of such title is amended—
in paragraph (1)(A)—
in the first sentence, by inserting “or ammunition” after “other disposition of firearms”; and
in the third sentence, by striking “, or any licensed importer or manufacturer of ammunition,” and inserting “, or any licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of ammunition,”; and
in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Each licensee shall prepare a report of multiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecutive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition to an unlicensed person. The report shall be prepared on a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded to the office specified thereon and to the department of State police or State law enforcement agency of the State or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction in which the sale or other disposition took place, not later than the close of business on the day that the multiple sale or other disposition occurs.”
Conforming amendment— Section 4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting “and except as provided in paragraph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of such title,” before “no person holding a Federal license”.