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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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