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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 10384 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10384
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with
respect to eligibility under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 12, 2024
Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Casten, Ms. Bonamici,
Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Smith
of Washington, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Magaziner, and Mrs. Foushee)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with
respect to eligibility under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Retirement of Law
Enforcement Firearms Act of 2024'' or the ``RRLEF Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY UNDER EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Certification Requirement.--Section 502 of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(5)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) the applicant, and each grantee or subgrantee
under the jurisdiction of the applicant, shall not
transfer a firearm to, or purchase a firearm from, a
licensed dealer that is on the list of covered licensed
dealers most recently published by the Director of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
under section 2(b)(2) of the RRLEF Act of 2024.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `covered licensed dealer' means a licensed
dealer with respect to whom, in not less than two of the three
calendar years prior to the publication of the list under
section 2(b)(2) of the RRLEF Act of 2024, the National Tracing
Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives has traced to the firearms business of such licensed
dealer, in such calendar years, not less than 25 firearms that
had a short time-to-crime; and
``(2) the terms `licensed dealer' and `firearm' have the
meaning given such terms, respectively, in section 921(a) of
title 18, United States Code; and
``(3) the term `short time-to-crime' means, a period of not
more than three calendar years between the date of the last
known retail sale of a firearm and the date a law enforcement
agency recovers such firearm as a result of such firearm being
purchased for, possessed during, or used in, an actual or
suspected criminal offense.''.
(b) Public Disclosure of Database Information of Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall--
(1) notify a State or local law enforcement agency if any
firearm (as such term is defined in section 921(a) of title 18,
United States Code) that was transferred by such agency was
used, or suspected of being used, in the commission of a
criminal offense, as traced by the National Tracing Center of
the Bureau; and
(2) make publicly available on the internet website of the
Bureau a list of each covered licensed dealer (as such term is
defined in section 502(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(c))).
(c) Repeal of Certain Limitations on Public Disclosure of Database
Information of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.--
(1) Public law 112-55.--The 6th proviso under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923
note; Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 609-610) is amended by
striking ``and in each fiscal year thereafter''.
(2) Public law 111-117.--The 6th proviso under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111-
117; 123 Stat. 3128-3129) is amended by striking ``beginning in
fiscal year 2010 and thereafter'' and inserting ``in fiscal
year 2010''.
(3) Public law 111-8.--The 6th proviso under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111-8;
123 Stat. 574-576) is amended by striking ``beginning in fiscal
year 2009 and thereafter'' and inserting ``in fiscal year
2009''.
(4) Public law 110-161.--The 6th proviso under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 110-
161; 121 Stat. 1903-1904) is amended by striking ``beginning in
fiscal year 2008 and thereafter'' and inserting ``in fiscal
year 2008''.
(5) Public law 109-108.--The 6th proviso under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries
and Expenses'' in title I of the Science, State, Justice,
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (18
U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 109-108; 119 Stat. 2295-2296) is
amended by striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and
inserting ``with respect to fiscal year 2006''.
(6) Public law 108-447.--The 6th proviso under the heading
``Salaries and Expenses'' under the heading ``Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in title I of
division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (18
U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 2859) is amended
by striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and inserting
``with respect to fiscal year 2005''.
(7) Public law 108-7.--Section 644 under the heading
``General Provisions'' in title VI of division J of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2003 (5
U.S.C. 552 note; Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 473) is amended by
striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and inserting
``with respect to fiscal year 2003''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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