(i) in subsection (d)(4)(A), by striking 
‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to 
disqualifying mental status’’; 
(ii) in subsection (g)(4)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due 
to disqualifying mental status’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (s)(3)(B)(iv), by 
striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive,’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineli-
gible due to disqualifying mental status’’. 
(D) The NICS Improvement Amendments 
Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40902 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(i) in section 3(2), by striking ‘‘adju-
dicated as a mental defective,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to dis-
qualifying mental status’’; 
(ii) in section 101— 
(I) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by 
striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental de-
fective,’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as 
ineligible due to disqualifying mental 
status’’; 
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(II) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by 
striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental de-
fective,’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as 
ineligible due to disqualifying mental 
status’’; 
(III) in subsection (c)(3), in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘adjudicate a person as a 
mental defective,’’ and inserting ‘‘ad-
judicate a person as ineligible due to 
disqualifying mental status’’; and 
(IV) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by 
striking ‘‘adjudicate the person as a 
mental defective,’’ and inserting ‘‘ad-
judicate the person as ineligible due to 
disqualifying mental status’’; and 
(iii) in section 102— 
(I) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(iv), by 
striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental de-
fective,’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as 
ineligible due to disqualifying mental 
status’’; and 
(II) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(aa) in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘ADJUDICATED
AS
A 
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MENTAL DEFECTIVE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ADJUDICATED
AS
INELI-
GIBLE
DUE
TO
DISQUALIFYING 
MENTAL STATUS’’; and 
(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘adju-
dicated as a mental defective,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as in-
eligible due to disqualifying men-
tal status’’. 
(2) REFERENCES.—For purposes of each provi-
sion amended by paragraph (1), a reference to a 
person adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying 
mental status shall be considered to refer to a per-
son adjudicated as a mental defective, as defined for 
that provision on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(3) REGULATIONS.—For purposes of regula-
tions issued to carry out a provision amended by 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) before the regulations are amended to 
carry out this subsection a reference in the reg-
ulations to a person adjudicated as a mental de-
fective shall be considered to be a reference to 
a person adjudicated as ineligible due to dis-
qualifying mental status; and 
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(B) in amending the regulations to carry 
out this subsection, a Federal agency shall en-
sure that the regulations clearly state that per-
sons adjudicated as ineligible due to disquali-
fying mental status were formerly termed per-
sons adjudicated as a mental defective. 
(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter or otherwise 
affect the definition of persons previously termed 
‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ under provisions 
amended by paragraph (1). 
Æ 
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