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               the transferor is a licensed imported, licensed 
               manufacturer, or licensed dealer; and
     "    (B)  the chief law enforcement officer of the place of 
     residence of the transferee.
     "(5) (A)  Any transferor who sells, delivers, or otherwise 
     transfers a handgun to a transferee shall retain the copy of 
     the sworn statement of the transferee with respect to the handgun 
     transaction for a least one year after the date the transaction 
     is completed.
     "    (B)  Unless the chief law enforcement officer to whom a copy 
     of such sworn statement is sent determines that a transaction 
     would violate Federal, State, or local law, the officer shall, 
     within 30 days after the date the transferee made such statement, 
     destroy such copy and any record containing information derived 
     from such statement.
     "(7) This subsection shall not apply to the transfer of a handgun 
     in a State if the law of such State--
     "    (A)  prohibits any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, 
     or licensed dealer from transferring a handgun to an individual 
     who is not licensed under section 923, before at least 7 days 
     have elapsed from the date the transferee proposed such transfer; 
     or
     "    (B)  requires that, before any licensed importer, licensed 
     manufacturer, or licensed dealer completes the transfer of a 
     handgun to and individual who is not licensed under section 923, 
     a law enforcement officer of the State verify that the transferee 
     is qualified under law to receive a handgun.
     "(8) (A)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, any 
     licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, of licensed dealer who 
     violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000, or 
     imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
     "    (B)  The penalties provided in this paragraph shall be the
     only penalties imposed on a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer,
     of licensed dealer, for a violation of this subsection.
     "(9) For purposes of this subsection, `chief law enforcement
     officer' means the chief of police, the sheriff,  or an equivalent
     officer, or the designee of any such individual.
    "(10) The Secretary shall take necessary actions to assure that the 
    provisions of the subsection are published and disseminated to 
    dealers and to the public."
    (b)  HANDGUN DEFINED--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States 
    Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    "(25)     The term 'handgun' means a firearm which has a short 
    stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single 
    hand or any combination of parts from which a handgun can be 
    assembled."
    (c)  CONFORMING AMENDMENT.--Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United 
    States Code, is amended by inserting "section 922(p)," by 
    inserting "section 922(p), after "section," the first place 
    it appears.
    (d)  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The amendments made by this section shall 
    take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
APPENDIX II
American Law Enforcement Officers Poll, 1989
distributed and administered by the National Association of Chiefs 
of Police
THE POLICE VIEW OF GUN CONTROL
    The following statistics were supplied by the National 
Association of Chief's of Police, based on the American Law 
Enforcement Officers Poll for 1989 sent to 16,259 Chiefs of Police, 
Sheriffs, and command personnel nationwide. The purpose of the survey 
was to enlighten the Congress, the media, and other organizations 
regarding the opinions of our nation's top law enforcement officers. 
It is believed that the National Association of Chiefs of Police is
the only law enforcement  association to actually conduct these
surveys. Questions, and responses are printed here exactly as polled.
    Q:   Do you believe that the banning of firearms (handguns, 
         shotguns, or rifles) will reduce the ability of criminals 
         to obtain such weapons?
         90.18% responded NO.
    Q:   A "military type" of long gun (rifle, shotgun, etc.) is now 
         being described as one being able to hold more than five 
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