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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7272 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2024

   Ms. Brown (for herself, Ms. Balint, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Cherfilus-
    McCormick, 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

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                                 A BILL

 
To require reports on the progress and implementation of the Bipartisan 
                         Safer Communities Act.

    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 ``Shining a Spotlight on Safer 
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is saving lives by 
        keeping guns out of dangerous hands including through new 
        provisions related to firearms trafficking and straw 
        purchasing, improving school safety, improving access to mental 
        health care, and expanding community violence interventions.
            (2) People in the United States are 25 times more likely to 
        be victims of gun violence compared to people in other 
        developed countries.
            (3) In 2022, more than 6,000 children were killed by gun 
        violence in the United States--by far the most of any year on 
        record.
            (4) Over the past decade, the gun death rate has increased 
        17 percent.
            (5) Guns are the leading cause of death for children and 
        teens in the United States.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES 
              ACT.

    Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in 
each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, the Attorney General shall 
prepare and submit to the Congress and make available to the public a 
report that, with respect to the then most recently completed fiscal 
year--
            (1) contains a comprehensive review of the progress, 
        implementation, and enforcement of sections 932 and 933 of 
        title 18, United States Code, as added by section 12004 of the 
        Bipartisan Safer Communities Act;
            (2) specifies--
                    (A) the total number of investigations opened by 
                the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
                Explosives as a result of the enactment of such 
                sections, and the field division of the Bureau in which 
                the investigations took place;
                    (B) the total number of investigations opened by 
                other Federal agencies as a result of the enactment of 
                such sections;
                    (C) any other Federal, State, or local law 
                enforcement agencies involved in the investigations;
                    (D) the total number of investigations that 
                resulted in a formal referral for prosecution, 
                including any other criminal statutes implicated, 
                disaggregated by criminal offense;
                    (E) if there was no such referral, the reason why 
                not; and
                    (F) the final outcomes of the investigations;
            (3) specifies the total number of prosecutions under each 
        such section, disaggregated by--
                    (A) the judicial district involved;
                    (B) the number of defendants in each case and the 
                demographics of the defendants;
                    (C) any other charges that were brought in each 
                case; and
                    (D) the outcomes of the prosecutions, including any 
                forfeitures or fines imposed under section 934 of such 
                title; and
            (4) specifies the number and types of firearms, ammunition, 
        firearm accessories, and other proceeds, to the extent the 
        information is available, that were recovered, seized, or 
        forfeited as a result of the investigations and prosecutions 
        referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3).

SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Attorney General of the United States not more than $2,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
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