Bill > HR3863

This bill, the Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2023, aims to enhance accountability and oversight of licensed firearms dealers. It proposes several key provisions, including: increasing the number of compliance inspections of firearms dealers from once to three times, increasing penalties for violations from one year to five years in prison, and authorizing the Attorney General to require dealers to conduct physical inventories and provide records if they have unlawfully transferred firearms or are linked to a high number of crime guns. The bill also grants the Attorney General more discretion to deny license applications or suspend/revoke licenses if the dealer poses a public safety risk or is unlikely to comply with the law. Additionally, the bill relaxes the "willfully" standard for certain dealer liability provisions and requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to hire more personnel to conduct the additional inspections.