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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4264 

To require the Secretary of Defense make available certain records relevant 

to a determination of whether a member of the Armed Forces is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. TURNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 

Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense make available certain 

records relevant to a determination of whether a member 

of the Armed Forces is disqualified from possessing or 

receiving a firearm, 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 ‘‘Safe Homefront Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS FOR NATIONAL IN2 STANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYS3 TEM. 

4 (a) NICS RECORDS.—Section 101(b) of the NICS 

5 Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 

6 40911(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para8 graph (3); and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol10 lowing new paragraph (2): 

11 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Not later 

12 than three business days after the final disposition 

13 of a judicial proceeding conducted within the De14 partment of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall 

15 make available to the Attorney General records 

16 which are relevant to a determination of whether a 

17 member of the Armed Forces involved in such pro18 ceeding is disqualified from possessing or receiving a 

19 firearm under subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 

20 of title 18, United States Code, for use in back21 ground checks performed by the National Instant 

22 Criminal Background Check System.’’. 

23 (b) STUDY AND REPORT ON MPO DATABASE.— 

24 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

25 conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a 

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1 tary commanders against individuals suspected of 

2 having committed an offense of domestic violence 

3 under section 928b of title 10, United States Code 

4 (article 128b of the Uniform Code of Military Jus5 tice). The study shall include an examination of each 

6 of the following: 

7 (A) The feasibility of creating a database 

8 to record, track, and report such military pro9 tective orders to the National Instant Criminal 

10 Background Check System. 

11 (B) The feasibility of establishing a proc12 ess by which a military judge or magistrate 

13 may issue a protective order against an indi14 vidual suspected of having committed such an 

15 offense. 

16 (2) REPORT.—Not later then 180 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

19 committees a report on the results of the study con20 ducted under paragraph (1). 

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