‘‘(A) is not prohibited by State law or 
court order from submitting mental health 
records to the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System; and 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), has imple-
mented a relief from disabilities program in ac-
cordance with section 105. 
‘‘(2) RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES PROGRAM.— 
For purposes of obtaining a grant under this sec-
tion, a State, Indian Tribal government, or State 
court system shall not be required to meet the eligi-
bility requirement described in paragraph (1)(B) 
until the date that is 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Safer Communities Act of 2019. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) STUDIES, ASSESSMENTS, NON-MATERIAL 
ACTIVITIES.—The Federal share of a study, assess-
ment, creation of a task force, or other non-material 
activity, as determined by the Attorney General, car-
ried out with a grant under this section shall be not 
more than 25 percent. 
‘‘(2) INFRASTRUCTURE OR SYSTEM DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Federal share of an activity involving 
infrastructure or system development, including 
labor-related costs, for the purpose of improving 
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State or Indian Tribal government record reporting 
to the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
System carried out with a grant under this section 
may amount to 100 percent of the cost of the activ-
ity. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Up to 5 percent 
of the grant funding available under this section may be 
reserved for Indian Tribal governments for use by Indian 
Tribal judicial systems. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 though 2023.’’; 
(2) by striking title III; and 
(3) in section 401(b), by inserting after ‘‘of this 
Act’’ the following: ‘‘and 18 months after the date 
of enactment of the Safer Communities Act of 
2019’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections in section 1(b) of the NICS Improve-
ment Amendments Act of 2007 is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 103 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 103. Grants to States for improvement of coordination and automation 
of NICS record reporting.’’. 
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SEC. 605. SHARING OF RECORDS BY FEDERAL DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCIES WITH NICS. 
Section 101(b) of the NICS Improvement Amend-
ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Safer Communities 
Act of 2019, and annually thereafter, submit a 
report to Congress on the compliance of the 
heads of Federal departments and agencies 
with the requirements of paragraphs (1) and 
(3).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) OTHER
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The head of each Federal department 
or agency in possession of records which are relevant 
to a determination of whether a person is disquali-
fied from possessing or receiving a firearm under 
subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, shall make available to the At-
torney General, such records, updated not less than 
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quarterly, for use in the background checks per-
formed by the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System.’’. 
Æ 
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