To require that certain notifications occur whenever a query to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System reveals that a person listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File is attempting to purchase a firearm, and for other purposes.

1. Adds SEC. --. AMENDMENTS TO BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. --. AMENDMENTS TO BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT.

   Inserted: (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the "Terrorist Apprehension Act".

   Inserted: (b) Amendments.--Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (i), by striking "No department" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (j), no department";

   Inserted: (2) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (k) and (l), respectively; and

   Inserted: (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:

   Inserted: "(j) Terrorist Apprehension.--

   Inserted: "(1) Initial notification.--If the system established under this section determines that a prospective transferee is listed in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization file or a similar terrorist watch list, regardless of the eligibility of such person to purchase a firearm, the system shall provide this information to the employee at the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is accessing the national instant criminal background check system (referred to in this subsection as the 'NICS operator').

   Inserted: "(2) Notification of law enforcement.--Upon receiving information under paragraph (1), the NICS operator shall immediately provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the terrorist task force, and State and local law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which the firearm purchase is being attempted with--

   Inserted: "(A) the name, date of birth, and any other identifying information reported by the prospective transferee;

   Inserted: "(B) the time and place of the attempted firearm purchase; and

   Inserted: "(C) the type of weapon, if known, that the prospective transferee attempted to purchase.

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   Inserted: "(3) Notification of originating agency.--In addition to the notifications under paragraph (2), the NICS operator shall immediately provide the agency that placed the name of the suspected terrorist on the terrorist watch list with the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2).".

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