1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Foreign National Firearms Background Check Enhancement Act”.
Foreign National Firearms Background Check Enhancement Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require an alien lawfully admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa to obtain the approval of the Attorney General before receiving a firearm.
2. Requirement that alien lawfully admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa obtain the approval of the Attorney General before receiving a firearm
In general— Section 922(y) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (2)—
by striking “, (g)(5)(B),”;
by inserting “to the transfer or other disposition of a firearm” before “to any alien”; and
by striking “if that” and inserting “if the transferor has received a copy of the waiver issued to the alien under paragraph (3), or has confirmed with the Attorney General that the”; and
in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting “except in the case of an alien described in a subparagraph of paragraph (2),” before “demonstrate”.
Effective date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.