States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report ana-
lyzing the extent to which, during the respective period, 
paragraphs (1)(B)(ii) and (7) of section 922(t) of title 18, 
United States Code, have prevented firearms from being 
transferred to prohibited persons, which report shall in-
clude but not be limited to the following— 
(1) an assessment of the overall implementation 
of such subsections, including a description of the 
challenges faced in implementing such paragraphs; 
(2) an aggregate description of firearm pur-
chase delays and denials, with a description of deni-
als, disaggregated by State and by the basis for the 
denial; and 
(3) an aggregate analysis of the petitions sub-
mitted pursuant to such paragraph (1)(B)(ii). 
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON PETITIONS SUPPORTING FIREARMS 
TRANSFERS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPROVED 
BY NICS SYSTEM, THAT WERE NOT RE-
SPONDED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
shall make an annual report to the public on the number 
of petitions received by the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that were sub-
mitted 
pursuant 
to 
subclause 
(I) 
of 
section 
922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code, with re-
spect to which a determination was not made within the 
10-day period referred to in subclause (II) of such section 
922(t)(1)(B)(ii). The report shall include the following, 
which shall be disaggregated by State: 
(1) The number of petitions submitted under 
such section that were received by the national in-
stant criminal background check system established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 
Prevention Act. 
(2) The number of petitioners who were discov-
ered to be ineligible under Federal or State law dur-
ing that 10-day period. 
(3) The number of petitioners who were discov-
ered to be ineligible under Federal or State law after 
that 10-day period. 
(4) The basis of the ineligibility of the peti-
tioners discovered to be ineligible under Federal or 
State law during that 10-day period, and the basis 
of the ineligibility of the petitioners discovered to be 
ineligible under Federal or State law after that 10- 
day period.
(5) The number of the petitioners whose peti-
tions were denied and who, within 12 months after 
the denial, were prosecuted under Federal, State, or 
local law for receiving or attempting to receive a 
firearm. 
SEC. 5. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. 
Within 150 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Fire-
arms, shall submit to the Congress a report analyzing the 
effect, if any, of this Act on the safety of victims of domes-
tic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking, disaggregated by State, and 
whether any further amendments to the background check 
process, including amendments to the conditions that 
must be met under this Act for a firearm to be transferred 
when the system has not notified the licensee that such 
transfer would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 
922 of title 18, United States Code, would likely result 
in a reduction in the risk of death or great bodily harm 
to victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating 
partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 210 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 7. REPORT ON FIREARM TRANSFERS DENIED AS A RE-
SULT OF A NICS CHECK. 
Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General, Department of Justice, 
shall prepare and submit to the Congress a written report 
on the number of firearm transactions with respect to 
which the national instant criminal background check sys-
tem established under the Brady Handgun Violence Pre-
vention Act has determined that receipt of a firearm by 
the prospective firearm transferee would violate Federal 
or State law, and which have been referred to the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for inves-
tigation. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 11, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1446 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, to strengthen the background check proce-
dures to be followed before a Federal firearms li-
censee may transfer a firearm to a person who 
is not such a licensee.