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S. 35: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011

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S. 35: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-25 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011

Plain summary

Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors. Provides that if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show, each licensed importer, manufacturer, and dealer who transfers one or more firearms to a person who is not licensed shall, within 10 days after the transfer, submit a report of the transfer to the Attorney General. Sets forth penalties for violations. Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the place of business of any gun show promoter and any place where a gun show is held, during business hours and without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, for purposes of examining records and the inventory of licensees conducting business to determine compliance with this Act. Increases penalties for: (1) serious record-keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements.

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Official text

Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s35 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112