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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Retire5 ment of Law Enforcement Firearms Act of 2024’’ or the 

6 ‘‘RRLEF Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY UNDER EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL 

2 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 502 of 

4 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

5 (34 U.S.C. 10153) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(5)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

10 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(E) the applicant, and each grantee or 

13 subgrantee under the jurisdiction of the appli14 cant, shall not transfer a firearm to, or pur15 chase a firearm from, a licensed dealer that is 

16 on the list of covered licensed dealers most re17 cently published by the Director of the Bureau 

18 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 

19 under section 2(b)(2) of the RRLEF Act of 

20 2024.’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

23 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered licensed dealer’ means a 

24 licensed dealer with respect to whom, in not less 

25 than two of the three calendar years prior to the 

26 publication of the list under section 2(b)(2) of the 


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1 RRLEF Act of 2024, the National Tracing Center 

2 of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 

3 Explosives has traced to the firearms business of 

4 such licensed dealer, in such calendar years, not less 

5 than 25 firearms that had a short time-to-crime; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the terms ‘licensed dealer’ and ‘firearm’ 

7 have the meaning given such terms, respectively, in 

8 section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code; and 

9 ‘‘(3) the term ‘short time-to-crime’ means, a pe10 riod of not more than three calendar years between 

11 the date of the last known retail sale of a firearm 

12 and the date a law enforcement agency recovers such 

13 firearm as a result of such firearm being purchased 

14 for, possessed during, or used in, an actual or sus15 pected criminal offense.’’. 

16 (b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DATABASE INFORMA17 TION OF BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, 

18 AND EXPLOSIVES.—Not later than 120 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

20 the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the 

21 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 

22 shall— 

23 (1) notify a State or local law enforcement 

24 agency if any firearm (as such term is defined in 

25 section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code) that 


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1 was transferred by such agency was used, or sus2 pected of being used, in the commission of a crimi3 nal offense, as traced by the National Tracing Cen4 ter of the Bureau; and 

5 (2) make publicly available on the internet 

6 website of the Bureau a list of each covered licensed 

7 dealer (as such term is defined in section 502(c) of 

8 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

9 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(c))). 

10 (c) REPEAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC

11 DISCLOSURE OF DATABASE INFORMATION OF BUREAU OF

12 ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES.— 

13 (1) PUBLIC LAW 112–55.—The 6th proviso 

14 under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

15 Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

16 in title II of division B of the Consolidated and Fur17 ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 

18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 

19 609–610) is amended by striking ‘‘and in each fiscal 

20 year thereafter’’. 

21 (2) PUBLIC LAW 111–117.—The 6th proviso 

22 under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

23 Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

24 in title II of division B of the Consolidated Appro25 priations Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public 


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1 Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3128–3129) is amended by 

2 striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2010 and there3 after’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2010’’. 

4 (3) PUBLIC LAW 111–8.—The 6th proviso under 

5 the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

6 and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title II 

7 of division B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 

8 2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111–8; 123 

9 Stat. 574–576) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning in 

10 fiscal year 2009 and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

11 fiscal year 2009’’. 

12 (4) PUBLIC LAW 110–161.—The 6th proviso 

13 under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

14 Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

15 in title II of division B of the Consolidated Appro16 priations Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public 

17 Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1903–1904) is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2008 and there19 after’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2008’’. 

20 (5) PUBLIC LAW 109–108.—The 6th proviso 

21 under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

22 Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

23 in title I of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, 

24 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (18 

25 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 109–108; 119 Stat. 


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1 2295–2296) is amended by striking ‘‘with respect to 

2 any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to fiscal 

3 year 2006’’. 

4 (6) PUBLIC LAW 108–447.—The 6th proviso 

5 under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under 

6 the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

7 and Explosives’’ in title I of division B of the Con8 solidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (18 U.S.C. 923 

9 note; Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2859) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘with respect to any fiscal 

11 year’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to fiscal year 

12 2005’’. 

13 (7) PUBLIC LAW 108–7.—Section 644 under the 

14 heading ‘‘General Provisions’’ in title VI of division 

15 J of the Treasury and General Government Appro16 priations Act of 2003 (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public 

17 Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 473) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘with respect to any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘with 

19 respect to fiscal year 2003’’. 

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