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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7272 

To require reports on the progress and implementation of the Bipartisan 

Safer Communities Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2024 

Ms. BROWN (for herself, Ms. BALINT, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. CHERFILUSMCCORMICK, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. FROST, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. 

KUSTER, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LIEU, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. 

MCCLELLAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SOTO, Mrs. SYKES, Ms. 

TOKUDA, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. AMO, Mr. 

EVANS, and Mr. CARTER of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require reports on the progress and implementation of 

the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. 

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 ‘‘Shining a Spotlight 

5 on Safer Communities Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is 

2 saving lives by keeping guns out of dangerous hands 

3 including through new provisions related to firearms 

4 trafficking and straw purchasing, improving school 

5 safety, improving access to mental health care, and 

6 expanding community violence interventions. 

7 (2) People in the United States are 25 times 

8 more likely to be victims of gun violence compared 

9 to people in other developed countries. 

10 (3) In 2022, more than 6,000 children were 

11 killed by gun violence in the United States—by far 

12 the most of any year on record. 

13 (4) Over the past decade, the gun death rate 

14 has increased 17 percent. 

15 (5) Guns are the leading cause of death for 

16 children and teens in the United States. 

17 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON THE BIPAR18 TISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT. 

19 Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of 

20 this Act, and in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, 

21 the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Con22 gress and make available to the public a report that, with 

23 respect to the then most recently completed fiscal year— 

24 (1) contains a comprehensive review of the 

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1 tions 932 and 933 of title 18, United States Code, 

2 as added by section 12004 of the Bipartisan Safer 

3 Communities Act; 

4 (2) specifies— 

5 (A) the total number of investigations 

6 opened by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

7 Firearms, and Explosives as a result of the en8 actment of such sections, and the field division 

9 of the Bureau in which the investigations took 

10 place; 

11 (B) the total number of investigations 

12 opened by other Federal agencies as a result of 

13 the enactment of such sections; 

14 (C) any other Federal, State, or local law 

15 enforcement agencies involved in the investiga16 tions; 

17 (D) the total number of investigations that 

18 resulted in a formal referral for prosecution, in19 cluding any other criminal statutes implicated, 

20 disaggregated by criminal offense; 

21 (E) if there was no such referral, the rea22 son why not; and 

23 (F) the final outcomes of the investiga24 tions; 


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1 (3) specifies the total number of prosecutions 

2 under each such section, disaggregated by— 

3 (A) the judicial district involved; 

4 (B) the number of defendants in each case 

5 and the demographics of the defendants; 

6 (C) any other charges that were brought in 

7 each case; and 

8 (D) the outcomes of the prosecutions, in9 cluding any forfeitures or fines imposed under 

10 section 934 of such title; and 

11 (4) specifies the number and types of firearms, 

12 ammunition, firearm accessories, and other proceeds, 

13 to the extent the information is available, that were 

14 recovered, seized, or forfeited as a result of the in15 vestigations and prosecutions referred to in para16 graphs (2) and (3). 

17 SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA18 TIONS. 

19 To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be ap20 propriated to the Attorney General of the United States 

21 not more than $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

22 through 2028. 

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