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Criminal History Improvement Program, a report of the
practices of the States regarding the collection, mainte-
nance, automation, and transmittal of information relevant
to determining whether a person is prohibited from pos-
sessing or receiving a firearm by Federal or State law, by
the State or any other agency, or any other records relevant
to the National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-
tem, that the Director considers to be best practices.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to com-
plete the studies, evaluations, and reports required under
this section.
TITLE III—GRANTS TO STATE
COURT SYSTEMS FOR THE IM-
PROVEMENT IN AUTOMATION
AND TRANSMITTAL OF DIS-
POSITION RECORDS
SEC. 
301. 
DISPOSITION 
RECORDS 
AUTOMATION 
AND
TRANSMITTAL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
(a) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made
available to carry out this section, the Attorney General
shall make grants to each State, consistent with State plans
for the integration, automation, and accessibility of crimi-
nal history records, for use by the State court system to
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improve the automation and transmittal of criminal his-
tory dispositions, records relevant to determining whether
a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of do-
mestic violence, court orders, and mental health adjudica-
tions or commitments, to Federal and State record reposi-
tories in accordance with sections 102 and 103 and the Na-
tional Criminal History Improvement Program.
(b) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Up to 5 percent of
the grant funding available under this section may be re-
served for Indian tribal governments for use by Indian trib-
al judicial systems.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts granted under this sec-
tion shall be used by the State court system only—
(1) to carry out, as necessary, assessments of the
capabilities of the courts of the State for the automa-
tion and transmission of arrest and conviction
records, court orders, and mental health adjudications
or commitments to Federal and State record reposi-
tories; and
(2) to implement policies, systems, and proce-
dures for the automation and transmission of arrest
and conviction records, court orders, and mental
health adjudications or commitments to Federal and
State record repositories.
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(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, a State shall certify, to the satisfaction
of the Attorney General, that the State has implemented a
relief from disabilities program in accordance with section
105.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to
carry out this section $62,500,000 for fiscal year 2009,
$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $125,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011, $62,500,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$62,500,000 for fiscal year 2013.
TITLE IV—GAO AUDIT
SEC. 401. GAO AUDIT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct an audit of the expenditure of
all funds appropriated for criminal records improvement
pursuant to section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act (Public Law 103–159) to determine if the
funds were expended for the purposes authorized by the Act
and how those funds were expended for those purposes or
were otherwise expended.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall sub-
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mit a report to Congress describing the findings of the audit
conducted pursuant to subsection (a).
Attest:
Secretary.