1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) In 2017, 91 percent of firearm homicides in the United States in which firearm type was specified were committed with handguns. (2) Research by top national experts shows that handgun purchaser licensing laws are associated with significant reductions in firearm-related homicides. Research on the effects of Connecticut’s adoption of a handgun purchaser licensing law in 1995 was associated with a 40-percent reduction in the rate of firearm homicide and a 15-percent reduction in firearm suicide rates during the first 10 years the law was in place. Published research has shown that Missouri’s repeal of its handgun purchaser licensing law in 2007 was associated with an increase in firearm homicide rates in the state of 27 percent and a 16-percent increase in suicides committed with firearms. (3) In States which have had effective handgun purchaser licensing laws for decades, such as Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, the vast majority of guns traced to crimes originated in other States, which supports the need for handgun purchaser licensing laws in every State. 3. Definitions In this Act— (1) the terms Attorney General , State , and handgun have the meanings given those terms in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code