SEC. 2. PROMPT REPORTING FOR NATIONAL INSTANT 
CRIMINAL 
BACKGROUND 
CHECK 
SYSTEM 
PURPOSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES 
CONVICTED 
OF 
DOMESTIC 
VIO-
LENCE OFFENSES UNDER THE UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) REPORTING REQUIRED.—Under regulations and 
procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, each 
Secretary concerned shall submit to the Attorney General 
for inclusion in the national instant criminal background 
check system the name and other appropriate information 
on each member of the Armed Forces under the jurisdic-
tion of such Secretary who— 
(1) has been convicted of an offense under 
chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice), for conduct that 
would constitute an offense of domestic violence 
against a spouse, domestic partner, or dependent 
child under State law; or 
(2) has entered into a plea agreement accepting 
liability for an offense described in paragraph (1). 
(b) DEADLINE
FOR REPORTING.—The name and 
other information on a member required to be submitted 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be submitted not later 
than three days after the following (as applicable): 
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(1) The date of entry of judgment with respect 
to the member for the offense concerned in the case 
of a general court-martial or special court-martial. 
(2) The date of judgment with respect to the 
member for the offense concerned in the case of a 
summary court-martial. 
(3) The date of acceptance of the plea agree-
ment of the member with respect to the offense con-
cerned by the military judge. 
(c) FAILURE TO SUBMIT.—If the Secretary con-
cerned does not submit the name and other information 
on a member required by subsection (a) within the dead-
line provided by subsection (b), the Secretary shall, as 
soon as practicable after the deadline, submit to Congress 
in writing a notice on the lack of submittal within the 
deadline, including an explanation for the lack of sub-
mittal within the deadline and a statement when the name 
and other information will be so submitted. 
(d) REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES.— 
(1) OFFENSES.—The regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall set forth the offenses under chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code, that would constitute an of-
fense of domestic violence against a spouse, domestic 
partner, or dependent child under State law for pur-
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poses of subsection (a). The offenses so prescribed 
shall be uniform throughout the United States. 
(2) UNIFORMITY ACROSS ARMED FORCES.—The 
regulations and procedures prescribed pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall apply uniformly across the 
Armed Forces. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than February 15 each year, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense shall, in consultation with the 
Comptroller General of the United States, submit to Con-
gress a report setting forth a description and assessment 
of the compliance of the Secretaries concerned with the 
requirements of this section during the preceding year, in-
cluding a description and assessment of the accuracy, 
completeness, and timeliness of the information submitted 
by the Secretaries concerned to the Attorney General 
under this section during such year. 
(f) REPORT ON REMEDIATION OF DEFICIENCIES IN 
SYSTEM.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to Congress a report setting forth a description of the 
actions taken, and to be taken, in order to ensure that 
the information in the national instant criminal back-
ground check system on members and former members of 
the Armed Forces fully and accurately covers the members 
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and former members who have been convicted of an of-
fense or entered into a plea agreement described in sub-
section (a) as of the date of the report. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘national instant criminal back-
ground check system’’ means the system established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 
Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901). 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF PROHIBI-
TION ON POSSESSION AND TRANSPORTATION 
OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BY INDIVID-
UALS CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANOR CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO INDIVIDUALS 
CONVICTED OF SIMILAR OFFENSES UNDER 
THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
Section 922(g)(9) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the comma at the end the 
following: ‘‘, or has been convicted by court-martial of an 
offense under chapter 47 of title 10 (the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice) for conduct that would constitute such 
a crime under State law’’. 
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