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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1858 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 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’’. 

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— 

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

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


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1 (2) inserting before paragraph (2), as redesig2 nated, the following: 

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

4 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. INCENTIVES FOR TRACING FIREARMS USED IN 

6 CRIMES. 

7 Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

9 striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICA11 TIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—In awarding grants under 

12 this part, the Attorney General, where feasible— 

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

14 application for hiring and rehiring additional career 

15 law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal 

16 contribution exceeding the 25-percent minimum 

17 under subsection (g); and 

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

19 application submitted by an applicant that has re20 ported all firearms recovered during the previous 12 

21 months by the applicant at a crime scene or during 

22 the course of a criminal investigation to the Bureau 

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

24 reports such firearms to the Bureau for the purpose 

25 of tracing.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF FIREARM TRACING BY APPLICANTS 

2 FOR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERV3 ICES GRANTS. 

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

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

6 amended— 

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

8 end; 

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

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

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

12 ‘‘(12) specify— 

13 ‘‘(A) whether the applicant recovered any 

14 firearms at a crime scene or during the course 

15 of a criminal investigation during the 12 

16 months before the submission of the applica17 tion; 

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

19 subparagraph (A); 

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

21 subparagraph (A) that were reported to the Bu22 reau for tracing, or to a State agency that re23 ports such firearms to the Bureau for tracing; 

24 and 

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1 ported to the Bureau for tracing, or to a State 

2 agency that reports such firearms to the Bu3 reau for tracing.’’. 

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