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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2303 

To establish a registration for violent gun offenders, to provide for sufficient 

notification of their whereabouts, to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart 

and other gun crime victims, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2019 

Mr. ESPAILLAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a registration for violent gun offenders, to provide for sufficient notification of their whereabouts, to 

honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other gun crime 

victims, 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 ‘‘Gladys Ricart Gun 

5 Offender Registry Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) Abused women are 5 times more likely to be 

2 killed if their abuser owns a firearm. 

3 (2) Since New York City’s and Baltimore’s gun 

4 offender registries were put in place in 2006 and 

5 2007 respectively, both cities have seen reductions in 

6 murders and violent crimes. 

7 (3) Domestic violence assaults involving a gun 

8 are 12 times more likely to end in death than as9 saults with other weapons or physical harm. 

10 (4) More than two-thirds of spouse and ex11 spouse homicide victims between 1980 and 2008 

12 were killed with firearms. 

13 (5) In 2011, nearly two-thirds of women killed 

14 with guns were killed by their intimate partners. 

15 (6) In nearly two-thirds (64.5 percent) of cases 

16 in which a gun was present in a household shared 

17 by a domestic abuser and victim, the abuser had 

18 used the firearm against the victim, usually threat19 ening to shoot or kill their intimate partner. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) FELONY CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.— 

23 The term ‘‘felony crime of domestic violence’’ means 

24 an offense that— 


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1 (A) is a felony under Federal, State, or 

2 Tribal law; and 

3 (B) has, as an element, the use or at4 tempted use of physical force, or the threatened 

5 use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current 

6 or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the 

7 victim, by a person with whom the victim 

8 shares a child in common, by a person who is 

9 cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim 

10 as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person 

11 similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guard12 ian of the victim. 

13 (2) GUN OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘gun of14 fender’’ means an individual who was convicted of a 

15 gun offense. 

16 (3) GUN OFFENSE.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

18 subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘gun offense’’ 

19 means a felony crime of domestic violence that 

20 involved a firearm (as such term is defined in 

21 section 921 of title 18, United States Code). 

22 (B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘‘gun offense’’ 

23 does not include— 

24 (i) an offense under subparagraph 

25 (A), during the commission of which the 


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1 offender possessed, but did not use or 

2 threaten to use a firearm; or 

3 (ii) an attempt or a conspiracy to 

4 commit an offense under subparagraph (A) 

5 with a firearm. 

6 (4) GUN OFFENDER REGISTRY.—The term 

7 ‘‘gun offender registry’’ means a registry of gun of8 fenders and a notification program, maintained by a 

9 jurisdiction. 

10 (5) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

11 means any of the following: 

12 (A) A State. 

13 (B) The District of Columbia. 

14 (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

15 (D) Guam. 

16 (E) American Samoa. 

17 (F) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

18 (G) The United States Virgin Islands. 

19 (H) In accordance with section 1521, a 

20 federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

21 (6) STUDENT.—The term ‘‘student’’ means an 

22 individual who is enrolled in or attends an edu23 cational institution, including (whether public or pri24 vate) a secondary school, a trade or professional 

25 school, and an institution of higher education. 


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1 (7) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ includes 

2 an individual who is self-employed or works for any 

3 other entity, whether compensated or not. 

4 (8) RESIDES.—The term ‘‘resides’’ means, with 

5 respect to an individual, the location of the individ6 ual’s home or other place where the individual habit7 ually lives. 

8 (9) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi9 vidual who has not attained the age of 18 years. 

10 SEC. 4. REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR JURISDICTIONS. 

11 (a) JURISDICTION TO MAINTAIN A REGISTRY.—Each 

12 jurisdiction shall maintain a jurisdiction-wide gun offender 

13 registry in accordance with the requirements of this Act. 

14 (b) GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS.—The Attorney 

15 General shall issue guidelines and regulations to interpret 

16 and implement this Act. 

17 SEC. 5. GUN OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—A gun offender shall register, and 

19 keep the registration current, in each jurisdiction where 

20 the offender resides, where the offender is an employee, 

21 and where the offender is a student. For initial registra22 tion purposes only, a gun offender shall also register in 

23 the jurisdiction in which convicted if such jurisdiction is 

24 different from the jurisdiction of residence. 


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1 (b) INITIAL REGISTRATION.—The gun offender shall 

2 initially register— 

3 (1) before completing a sentence of imprison4 ment with respect to the offense giving rise to the 

5 registration requirement; or 

6 (2) not later than 5 business days after being 

7 sentenced for that offense, if the gun offender is not 

8 sentenced to a term of imprisonment. 

9 (c) KEEPING THE REGISTRATION CURRENT.—A gun 

10 offender shall, within 5 business days after each change 

11 of name, residence, employment, or student status, appear 

12 in person in at least 1 jurisdiction involved pursuant to 

13 subsection (a) and inform that jurisdiction of all modifica14 tions in the information required for that offender in the 

15 gun offender registry. That jurisdiction shall immediately 

16 disclose that information to all other jurisdictions in which 

17 the offender is required to register. 

18 (d) GUN OFFENDERS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY

19 WITH SUBSECTION.—The requirements of this section 

20 shall not apply to any gun offender who was convicted 

21 prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, or to any 

22 gun offender who is a minor on the date that the indi23 vidual is convicted of a gun offense. 

24 (e) STATE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 

25 Each jurisdiction, other than a federally recognized Indian 


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1 Tribe, shall provide a criminal penalty that includes a 

2 maximum term of imprisonment that is not longer than 

3 6 months for the failure of a gun offender to comply with 

4 the requirements of this Act. 

5 SEC. 6. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION. 

6 (a) PROVIDED BY THE OFFENDER.—The gun of7 fender shall provide the following information to the ap8 propriate official for insertion in the gun offender registry: 

9 (1) The name of the gun offender (including 

10 any alias used by the individual). 

11 (2) The Social Security number of the gun of12 fender. 

13 (3) The address of every residence at which the 

14 gun offender resides or will reside. 

15 (4) The name and address of any organization 

16 where the gun offender is an employee or will be an 

17 employee. 

18 (5) The name and address of any institution 

19 where the gun offender is a student or will be a stu20 dent. 

21 (6) The license plate number and a description 

22 of any vehicle owned or used by the gun offender. 

23 (7) Any other information required by the At24 torney General. 


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1 (b) PROVIDED BY THE JURISDICTION.—The jurisdic2 tion in which the gun offender initially registers or up3 dates registry information shall ensure that the following 

4 information is included in the registry for that gun of5 fender: 

6 (1) A description that accurately depicts the 

7 gun offender’s current physical state. 

8 (2) The text of the provision of law defining the 

9 criminal offense for which the gun offender is reg10 istered. 

11 (3) The criminal history of the gun offender, in12 cluding the date of all arrests and convictions, the 

13 status of parole, probation, or supervised release, 

14 registration status, and the existence of any out15 standing arrest warrants for the gun offender. 

16 (4) A current photograph of the gun offender. 

17 (5) A set of fingerprints and palm prints of the 

18 gun offender. 

19 (6) A DNA sample of the gun offender. 

20 (7) A photocopy of a valid driver’s license or 

21 identification card issued to the gun offender by a 

22 jurisdiction. 

23 (8) Any other information required by the At24 torney General. 


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1 SEC. 7. DURATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT. 

2 A gun offender shall keep the registration updated 

3 and current for the full registration period (excluding any 

4 time the gun offender is in custody or civilly committed). 

5 The full registration period is— 

6 (1) 3 years; or 

7 (2) if the offender’s supervised release, proba8 tion or parole is longer than 3 years, the offender 

9 will remain on the registry throughout the duration 

10 of their supervision status. 

11 SEC. 8. INVETERATE IN-PERSON VERIFICATION. 

12 A gun offender shall appear in person at an appro13 priate registration site within a jurisdiction the offender 

14 is registered to allow the jurisdiction to take a current 

15 photograph, and verify the information in each registry 

16 in which that offender is required to be registered not less 

17 frequently than one time each year. 

18 SEC. 9. DUTY TO INFORM GUN OFFENDERS OF REGISTRA19 TION REQUIREMENTS AND TO REGISTER. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—An appropriate official shall, soon 

21 before release of the gun offender from custody, or, if the 

22 gun offender is not in custody, immediately after the sen23 tencing of the gun offender, for the offense giving rise to 

24 the duty to register— 


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1 (1) inform the gun offender of the duties of a 

2 gun offender under this Act and explain those du3 ties; and 

4 (2) require the gun offender to read and sign 

5 a form stating that the duty to register has been ex6 plained and that the gun offender understands the 

7 registration requirement. 

8 (b) NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN GUN OFFENDERS.— 

9 The Attorney General shall prescribe rules for the notifica10 tion of offenders who cannot be registered in accordance 

11 with subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 10. NATIONAL GUN OFFENDER REGISTRY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall main14 tain a database for each gun offender and any other per15 son required to register in a jurisdiction’s gun offender 

16 registry. The database shall be known as the ‘‘Gun Of17 fender Registry’’. 

18 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Attorney General may— 

19 (1) establish a new office to administer the pro20 gram required by this Act; or 

21 (2) reassign current Department of Justice em22 ployees to permanently administer the requirements 

23 within this Act under the purview of an already ex24 isting division at the Department of Justice. 


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1 (c) ELECTRONIC FORWARDING.—The Attorney Gen2 eral shall ensure that all updated findings about a gun 

3 offender are immediately transmitted by electronic for4 warding to all relevant jurisdictions. 

5 SEC. 11. GUN OFFENDER PUBLIC WEBSITE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

7 (b), the Attorney General shall establish and maintain a 

8 public website which shall include pertinent information, 

9 as determined by the Attorney General, for each gun of10 fender required to register under this Act. The website 

11 shall provide a search function for the public to obtain 

12 information for each gun offender by a single query for 

13 any given zip code or geographical radius set by the user 

14 in a form and with such limitations as may be established 

15 by the Attorney General and shall have such other field 

16 search capabilities as the Attorney General may provide. 

17 (b) MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS.—The Attorney Gen18 eral shall exempt from disclosure— 

19 (1) the identity of any victim of a gun offense; 

20 (2) the Social Security number of the gun of21 fender; 

22 (3) any reference to arrests of the gun offender 

23 that did not result in conviction; 

24 (4) any information about a gun offender’s 

25 prior criminal history other than a specified violent 


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1 crime that prompted the offender’s duty to register 

2 in accordance with this Act; 

3 (5) the name of an employer of the gun of4 fender; 

5 (6) the name of an educational institution 

6 where the gun offender is a student; and 

7 (7) any other information exempted from disclo8 sure by the Attorney General. 

9 (c) REMOVAL OF INFORMATION.—The Attorney Gen10 eral shall ensure that at the conclusion of the period de11 scribed in section 1507 during which a gun offender is 

12 required to register, no information related to the gun of13 fender, including the gun offender’s identity, is accessible 

14 on the website established under this section. 

15 SEC. 12. PUBLIC ACCESS TO GUN OFFENDER INFORMATION 

16 THROUGH THE INTERNET. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this section, 

18 each jurisdiction shall make available on the internet, in 

19 a form that is readily accessible to all jurisdictions and 

20 to the public, all information about each gun offender in 

21 the registry. The jurisdiction shall maintain the internet 

22 site in a manner that will provide a search function for 

23 the public to obtain relevant information for each gun of24 fender by a single query for any given zip code or geo25 graphic radius set by the user. The jurisdiction shall also 


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1 include in the design of its internet site all field search 

2 capabilities needed for full participation in the website de3 scribed in section 1511, and shall participate in that 

4 website as provided by the Attorney General. 

5 (b) MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS.—A jurisdiction shall 

6 exempt from disclosure— 

7 (1) the identity of any victim of a gun offense; 

8 (2) the Social Security number of the gun of9 fender; 

10 (3) any reference to arrests of the gun offender 

11 that did not result in conviction; 

12 (4) any information about a gun offender’s 

13 prior criminal history other than a specified violent 

14 crime that prompted the offender’s duty to register 

15 in accordance with this Act; 

16 (5) the name of an employer of the gun of17 fender; 

18 (6) the name of an educational institution 

19 where the gun offender is a student; and 

20 (7) any other information exempted from disclo21 sure by the Attorney General. 

22 (c) LINKS.—The site shall include, to the extent prac23 ticable, links to gun safety and education resources. 


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1 (d) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The site shall include 

2 instructions on how to seek correction of information that 

3 an individual contends is erroneous. 

4 (e) WARNING.—The site shall include a warning that 

5 information on the site should not be used to unlawfully 

6 injure, harass, or commit a crime against any individual 

7 named in the registry or residing or working at any re8 ported address. The warning shall note that any such ac9 tion could result in civil or criminal penalties. 

10 SEC. 13. PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDIC11 TIONS. 

12 (a) DEADLINE.—Each jurisdiction shall implement 

13 this Act before the date that is 3 years after the date of 

14 the enactment of this Act. 

15 (b) EXTENSIONS.—The Attorney General may au16 thorize up to two 1-year extensions of the deadline under 

17 subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 14. FAILURE OF JURISDICTION TO COMPLY. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year which begins 

20 after the deadline under section 1515, a jurisdiction that 

21 fails, as determined by the Attorney General, to substan22 tially implement this Act shall not receive 10 percent of 

23 the funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice As24 sistance Grant Program under subpart I of part E of the 

25 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 


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1 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) that would otherwise be allocated 

2 for that fiscal year to the jurisdiction. 

3 (b) STATE CONSTITUTIONALITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—When evaluating whether a 

5 jurisdiction has adequately implemented this Act, 

6 the Attorney General shall examine whether the ju7 risdiction is incapable of implementing this Act be8 cause of a displayed inability to implement certain 

9 provisions that would place the jurisdiction in viola10 tion of its constitution, as determined by a ruling of 

11 the jurisdiction’s highest court. 

12 (2) EFFORTS.—If the circumstances under 

13 paragraph (1) appear, the Attorney General and the 

14 jurisdiction shall demonstrate faithful efforts to ful15 fill considerable implementation of this Act and to 

16 reconcile any incompatibilities between this Act and 

17 the jurisdiction’s constitution. In considering wheth18 er acceptance of the requirements of this Act may 

19 violate the jurisdiction’s constitution or an exposition 

20 by the jurisdiction’s highest court, the Attorney Gen21 eral shall consult with the chief executive and chief 

22 legal officer of the jurisdiction concerning the juris23 diction’s exposition of the jurisdiction’s constitution. 

24 (3) ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.—If the juris25 diction is unable to substantially implement this Act 


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1 because of a limitation imposed by the jurisdiction’s 

2 constitution, the Attorney General may determine 

3 that the jurisdiction is in compliance with this Act 

4 if the jurisdiction has made, or is in the process of 

5 implementing reasonable alternative procedures or 

6 accommodations, which are consistent with the pur7 poses of this Act. 

8 (4) FUNDING REDUCTION.—If a jurisdiction 

9 does not comply with paragraph (3), then the juris10 diction shall be subject to a funding reduction as 

11 specified in subsection (a). 

12 (c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 

13 program referred to in this section to a jurisdiction for 

14 failure to substantially implement this Act shall be reallo15 cated under that program to jurisdictions that have not 

16 failed to substantially implement this Act or may be reallo17 cated to a jurisdiction from which they were withheld to 

18 be used solely for the purpose of implementing this Act. 

19 Under these circumstances, the process for selecting juris20 diction that will receive re-allocated funding will be at the 

21 discretion of the Attorney General. 

22 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of 

23 this Act that are cast as directions to jurisdictions or their 

24 officials constitute, in relation to States, only conditions 


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1 required to avoid the reduction of Federal funding under 

2 this section. 

3 SEC. 15. GUN OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT; FAILURE TO REG4 ISTER. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever— 

6 (1) is required to register under this Act; 

7 (2)(A) is a gun offender by reason of a convic8 tion under Federal law (including the Uniform Code 

9 of Military Justice), the law of the District of Co10 lumbia, Indian Tribal law, or the law of any terri11 tory or possession of the United States; or 

12 (B) travels in interstate or foreign commerce, 

13 or enters or leaves, or resides in, Indian country; 

14 and 

15 (3) knowingly fails to register or update a reg16 istration as required under this Act, 

17 shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or im18 prisoned not more than 6 months, or both. 

19 (b) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.—In a prosecution for a 

20 violation under subsection (a), it is an affirmative defense 

21 that— 

22 (1) uncontrollable conditions prevented the indi23 vidual from adhering to this Act; 


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1 (2) the individual did not cause the creation of 

2 such circumstances to disregard the requirement to 

3 comply; and 

4 (3) the individual complied as soon as such cir5 cumstances ceased to exist. 

6 SEC. 16. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN GUN OFFENDER 

7 FAILS TO COMPLY. 

8 An appropriate official shall inform the Attorney 

9 General and other accountable law enforcement agencies 

10 of any noncompliance by a gun offender to comply with 

11 the requirements of a registry. The appropriate official, 

12 the Attorney General, and each such law enforcement 

13 agency shall take any appropriate action to ensure compli14 ance. 

15 SEC. 17. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO VIOLA16 TIONS OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 

17 The Attorney General shall use the resources of Fed18 eral law enforcement, including the United States Mar19 shals Service, to assist jurisdictions in locating and appre20 hending gun offenders who violate gun offender registra21 tion requirements. 


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1 SEC. 18. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFICATION AND 

2 LOCATION OF GUN OFFENDERS RELOCATED 

3 AS A RESULT OF A MAJOR DISASTER. 

4 The Attorney General shall provide assistance to ju5 risdictions in the identification and location of a gun of6 fender relocated as a result of a natural disaster or other 

7 major disaster. 

8 SEC. 19. ELECTION BY INDIAN TRIBES. 

9 (a) ELECTION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A federally recognized In11 dian Tribe may, by resolution from their local gov12 ernmental body— 

13 (A) opt to carry out this Act as a jurisdic14 tion subject to its provisions; or 

15 (B) elect to delegate its functions under 

16 this Act to another jurisdiction or jurisdictions 

17 within which the territory of the Tribe is lo18 cated and to provide access to its territory and 

19 such other cooperation and assistance as may 

20 be needed to enable such other jurisdiction or 

21 jurisdictions to carry out and enforce the re22 quirements of this Act. 

23 (2) IMPUTED ELECTION IN CERTAIN CASES.—A 

24 Tribe shall be treated as if it had made the election 

25 described in paragraph (1)(B) if— 


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1 (A) it is a Tribe subject to the law enforce2 ment jurisdiction of a State under section 1162 

3 of title 18, United States Code; 

4 (B) the Tribe does not make an election 

5 under paragraph (1) within 1 year of the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act or rescinds an elec7 tion under paragraph (1)(A); or 

8 (C) the Attorney General determines that 

9 the Tribe has not substantially implemented the 

10 requirements of this Act and is not likely to be11 come capable of doing so within a reasonable 

12 amount of time. 

13 (b) COOPERATION BETWEEN TRIBAL AUTHORITIES

14 AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.— 

15 (1) NONDUPLICATION.—A Tribe subject to this 

16 Act is not required to duplicate functions under this 

17 Act which are fully carried out by another jurisdic18 tion or jurisdictions within which the territory of the 

19 Tribe is located. 

20 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—A Tribe and 

21 another jurisdiction within close proximity to the 

22 Tribe, may enter into a cooperative agreement to 

23 carry out the functions in this Act. 


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1 SEC. 20. REGISTRATION OF GUN OFFENDERS ENTERING 

2 THE UNITED STATES. 

3 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec4 retary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

5 shall establish and maintain a system for informing the 

6 relevant jurisdictions about persons entering the United 

7 States who are required to register under this Act. The 

8 Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Secu9 rity shall provide such information and carry out such 

10 functions as the Attorney General may direct in the oper11 ation of the system. 

12 SEC. 21. ANNUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF REG13 ISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 

14 Not later than July 1 of each year, the Attorney Gen15 eral shall submit a report to Congress, which shall in16 clude— 

17 (1) a description of the use, by the Department 

18 of Justice, of the United States Marshals Service to 

19 assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending gun 

20 offenders who fail to comply with gun offender reg21 istration requirements, as authorized by this Act; 

22 (2) a detailed explanation of each jurisdiction’s 

23 compliance with this Act; 

24 (3) a detailed description of the efforts of the 

25 Department of Justice to ensure compliance with the 

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1 related to any jurisdiction that was subject to a 

2 funding reduction under section 1516, and the basis 

3 for any decision to reduce funding or not to reduce 

4 funding under such section; and 

5 (4) disclosure of any extensions of any applica6 ble deadline to comply with this Act, and the reasons 

7 for the denial or grant of such an extension. 

8 SEC. 22. IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT. 

9 The Federal Government, jurisdictions, political sub10 divisions of jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, em11 ployees, and agents shall be immune from liability for good 

12 faith conduct under this Act. 

13 SEC. 23. STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIREARM OF14 FENDER REGISTRY TO REDUCE THE OCCUR15 RENCE OF REPEAT OFFENSES. 

16 (a) STUDY.—The Attorney General shall conduct a 

17 study to evaluate the effectiveness of monitoring and dis18 closing the history of gun offenders to reduce the occur19 rence of repeat offenses by such gun offenders, through 

20 conditions imposed as part of supervised release or proba21 tion conditions. The study shall evaluate— 

22 (1) the effectiveness of methods used for re23 cording, monitoring and disclosing the location and 

24 criminal history of gun offenders; 


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1 (2) the ability of law enforcement agencies and 

2 courts to employ data in prosecutorial and law en3 forcement efforts; and 

4 (3) the efficacy of any other restrictions that 

5 may reduce the occurrence of repeat offenses by gun 

6 offenders. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall report 

9 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

11 Senate the results of the study under this section. 

12 SEC. 24. GRANT PROGRAM. 

13 The Attorney General shall establish a grant pro14 gram, with such criteria as the Attorney General may de15 termine, to provide funds to jurisdictions seeking to com16 ply with this Act. 

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