I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3411 
To ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm 
are listed in the national instant criminal background check system 
and require a background check for every firearm sale. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. ELLISON, 
Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. HAHN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOL-
LEN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. FARR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from 
buying a firearm are listed in the national instant crimi-
nal background check system and require a background 
check for every firearm sale. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENSURING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD BE 
PROHIBITED FROM BUYING A GUN ARE LISTED IN THE NA-
TIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM 
Sec. 101. Penalties for States that do not make data electronically available to 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. 
Sec. 102. Requirement that Federal agencies certify that they have submitted 
to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System all 
records identifying persons prohibited from purchasing fire-
arms under Federal law. 
Sec. 103. Adjudicated as a mental defective. 
Sec. 104. Clarification that Federal court information is to be made available 
to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. 
TITLE II—REQUIRING A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR EVERY 
FIREARM SALE 
Sec. 201. Purpose. 
Sec. 202. Firearms transfers. 
Sec. 203. Lost and stolen reporting. 
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TITLE I—ENSURING THAT ALL 
INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD 
BE PROHIBITED FROM BUY-
ING A GUN ARE LISTED IN 
THE 
NATIONAL 
INSTANT 
CRIMINAL 
BACKGROUND 
CHECK SYSTEM 
SEC. 101. PENALTIES FOR STATES THAT DO NOT MAKE 
DATA ELECTRONICALLY AVAILABLE TO THE 
NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
CHECK SYSTEM. 
Section 102(b) of the NICS Improvement Amend-
ments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Within 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Attor-
ney General, in coordination with the States, shall 
establish, for each State or Indian tribal govern-
ment, a plan to ensure maximum coordination and 
automation of the reporting of records or making of 
records available to the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System established under section 
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 
during a 4-year period specified in the plan. 
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‘‘(2) BENCHMARK REQUIREMENTS.—Each such 
plan shall include annual benchmarks, including 
qualitative goals and quantitative measures, to en-
able the Attorney General to assess implementation 
of the plan. 
‘‘(3) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the 4-year pe-
riod covered by such a plan, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall withhold the following percentage of 
the amount that would otherwise be allocated to 
a State under section 505 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3755) if the State does not meet the 
benchmark established under paragraph (2) for 
the following year in the period: 
‘‘(i) 10 percent, in the case of the 1st 
year in the period. 
‘‘(ii) 11 percent, in the case of the 
2nd year in the period. 
‘‘(iii) 13 percent, in the case of the 
3rd year in the period. 
‘‘(iv) 15 percent, in the case of the 
4th year in the period. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE TO ESTABLISH A PLAN.—A 
State with respect to which a plan is not estab-
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