; and (ii) for purposes of any request, submission, or notification, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall perform the functions of the head of the department or agency. . 2 Requiring a background check for every firearm sale 346. Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to extend the Brady Law background check procedures to all sales and transfers of firearms. 347. Firearms transfers (a) In general Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (s) and redesignating subsection (t) as subsection (s); (2) in subsection (s), as so redesignated— (A) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking (as defined in subsection (s)(8)) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (7) In this subsection, the term chief law enforcement officer means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of any such individual. ; and (3) by inserting after subsection (s), as so redesignated, the following: (t) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transfer a firearm to any other person who is not so licensed, unless a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken possession of the firearm for the purpose of complying with subsection (s). Upon taking possession of the firearm, the licensee shall comply with all requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were transferring the firearm from the inventory of the licensee to the unlicensed transferee. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— (A) a transfer of a firearm by or to any law enforcement agency or any law enforcement officer, armed private security professional, or member of the armed forces, to the extent the officer, professional, or member is acting within the course and scope of employment and official duties; (B) a transfer between spouses, between domestic partners, between parents and their children, between siblings, or between grandparents and their grandchildren