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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1529 

To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2015 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. REED, and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, 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 ‘‘Crime Gun Tracing 

5 Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

7 Section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–8) is amended 

9 by— 


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1 (1) redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 

2 paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and 

3 (2) inserting before paragraph (2), as redesig4 nated, the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) ‘Bureau’ means the Bureau of Alcohol, 

6 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. INCENTIVES FOR TRACING FIREARMS USED IN 

8 CRIMES. 

9 Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

10 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended by 

11 striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICA13 TIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—In awarding grants under 

14 this part, the Attorney General, where feasible— 

15 ‘‘(1) may give preferential consideration to an 

16 application for hiring and rehiring additional career 

17 law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal 

18 contribution exceeding the 25-percent minimum 

19 under subsection (g); and 

20 ‘‘(2) shall give preferential consideration to an 

21 application submitted by an applicant that has re22 ported all firearms recovered during the previous 12 

23 months by the applicant at a crime scene or during 

24 the course of a criminal investigation to the Bureau 

25 for the purpose of tracing, or to a State agency that 


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1 reports such firearms to the Bureau for the purpose 

2 of tracing.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF FIREARM TRACING BY APPLICANTS 

4 FOR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERV5 ICES GRANTS. 

6 Section 1702(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1(c)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(12) specify— 

15 ‘‘(A) whether the applicant recovered any 

16 firearms at a crime scene or during the course 

17 of a criminal investigation during the 12 

18 months before the submission of the applica19 tion; 

20 ‘‘(B) the number of firearms described in 

21 subparagraph (A); 

22 ‘‘(C) the number of firearms described in 

23 subparagraph (A) that were reported to the Bu24 reau for tracing, or to a State agency that reVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:05 Jun 09, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1529.IS S1529

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1 ports such firearms to the Bureau for tracing; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(D) the reason why any firearms de4 scribed under subparagraph (A) were not re5 ported to the Bureau for tracing, or to a State 

6 agency that reports such firearms to the Bu7 reau for tracing.’’. 

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