Requirement that licensed dealer serialize unserialized firearms taken into inventory

(a) In general Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 3(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) A person licensed under this section who receives a firearm that does not have a serial number engraved or cast on the receiver or frame of the firearm shall— (A) engrave or cast a serial number on the receiver or frame of the firearm, in such manner as the Attorney General shall by regulations prescribe; (B) transmit to the Attorney General a record of the receipt, which shall set forth the serial number; and (C) keep and maintain a copy of the record.. (b) Use of serial number information only in active criminal investigations Section 923(i) of such title, as amended by section 3(a) of this Act and subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) The Attorney General may use information in a record transmitted under paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection only in the course of an ongoing bona fide criminal investigation. The 2nd sentence of section 926(a) shall not apply with respect to the information in any such record..