S 1353 · 106th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Dangerous Explosives Background Checks Requirement Act
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Introduced2
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House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.(1999-07-13)
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Dangerous Explosives Background Checks Requirement Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a person other than a Federal explosive materials licensee or permittee from knowingly: (1) transporting, shipping, causing to be transported, or receiving explosive materials (currently, in interstate or foreign commerce, and with a specified exception based on residency); or (2) distributing explosive materials to any person other than such a licensee or permittee (currently, who the distributor knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in the same State or who is a resident of the State where distribution is made and in which the licensee is licensed to do business or a State contiguous thereto if permitted by the law of the State of the purchaser's residence). Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) promulgate final regulations with respect to such provisions within 180 days; and (2) notify the States, upon promulgation of final regulations, so the States may consider legislation to amend relevant State laws relating to explosives. Prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring explosive materials to a permittee unless: (1) before …
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