What it changes

1 change to S. 649

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  1. Adds SEC. ___. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS wherever appropriate

    Adds a section

    Inserted: SEC. ___. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS.

    Inserted: (a) Finding.--Congress finds that background checks under the national instant criminal background check system have proven to produce false positive results for individuals with similar names.

    Inserted: (b) Conceal Carry Permits.--Section 922(s) of title 18, United States Code, as redesignated and amended by this Act, is amended--

    Inserted: (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting "is provided a covered conceal carry permit or license of such other person or" after "the licensee"; and

    Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following:

    Inserted: "(8) In this subsection, the term 'covered conceal carry permit or license' means a permit or license issued by a State--

    Inserted: "(A) that authorizes an individual to carry a concealed firearm;

    Inserted: "(B) after conducting a criminal background check; and

    Inserted: "(C) not more than 5 years before the date of the applicable transfer.".

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SA 723. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 649, to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS.

(a) Finding.--Congress finds that background checks under the national instant criminal background check system have proven to produce false positive results for individuals with similar names.

(b) Conceal Carry Permits.--Section 922(s) of title 18, United States Code, as redesignated and amended by this Act, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “is provided a covered conceal carry permit or license of such other person or” after “the licensee”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(8) In this subsection, the term ‘covered conceal carry permit or license' means a permit or license issued by a State--

“(A) that authorizes an individual to carry a concealed firearm;

“(B) after conducting a criminal background check; and

“(C) not more than 5 years before the date of the applicable transfer.”.

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April 16, 2013