A Republican senator will introduce new bipartisan gun control legislation Tuesday, less than one day after four amendments aimed at strengthening gun sale laws failed to pass the Senate Monday.
The Washington Examiner has learned Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will roll out a plan to prevent those on the No Fly List or Selectee List from purchasing firearms. The plan may be added on as a provision to the Commerce, Justice, Science departments’ appropriations bill currently being considered by the Senate.
The Terrorism Firearms Prevention Act of 2016 would give the attorney general permission to deny gun sales to individuals on either list. It would also create a process for Americans and green card holders to appeal a denial in the U.S. Court of Appeals, including a procedure that would protect classified information during an appeal.
The plan would also include a “look back” provision, which would promptly alert the FBI if a person who has been on the Terrorism Screening Database in the past five years purchases a firearm.
The attorney general would be required to report all of those numbers to the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate.
The provision is more stringent than a failed amendment proposed by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and falls in line with gun control provisions that had been proposed by Democratic lawmakers.
