‘‘(iii) 
COMPLIANCE
DETERMINA-
TION.—Not later than the end of each fis-
cal year beginning after the date of the es-
tablishment of a plan under clause (i), the 
Attorney General shall determine whether 
the applicable Federal department or agen-
cy has achieved substantial compliance 
with the benchmarks included in the plan. 
‘‘(H) 
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 
Attorney 
General shall publish, including on the website 
of the Department of Justice, and submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
a semiannual report that discloses— 
‘‘(i) the name of each Federal depart-
ment or agency that has failed to submit 
a required certification under subpara-
graph (F); 
‘‘(ii) the name of each Federal depart-
ment or agency that has submitted a re-
quired certification under subparagraph 
(F), but failed to certify compliance with
the record submission requirements under 
subparagraph (C); 
‘‘(iii) the name of each Federal de-
partment or agency that has failed to sub-
mit an implementation plan under sub-
paragraph (G); 
‘‘(iv) the name of each Federal de-
partment or agency that is not in substan-
tial compliance with an implementation 
plan under subparagraph (G); 
‘‘(v) a detailed summary of the data, 
broken down by department or agency, 
contained in the certifications submitted 
under subparagraph (F); 
‘‘(vi) a detailed summary of the con-
tents and status, broken down by depart-
ment or agency, of the implementation 
plans established under subparagraph (G); 
and 
‘‘(vii) the reasons for which the Attor-
ney General has determined that a Federal 
department or agency is not in substantial 
compliance with an implementation plan 
established under subparagraph (G).
‘‘(I) NONCOMPLIANCE
PENALTIES.—For 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, each 
political appointee of a Federal department or 
agency that has failed to certify compliance 
with the record submission requirements under 
subparagraph (C), and is not in substantial 
compliance with an implementation plan estab-
lished under subparagraph (G), shall not be eli-
gible for the receipt of bonus pay, excluding 
overtime pay, until the department or agency— 
‘‘(i) certifies compliance with the 
record submission requirements under sub-
paragraph (C); or 
‘‘(ii) achieves substantial compliance 
with an implementation plan established 
under subparagraph (G). 
‘‘(J) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attor-
ney General may use funds made available for 
the national instant criminal background check 
system established under subsection (b) to pro-
vide technical assistance to a Federal depart-
ment or agency, at the request of the depart-
ment or agency, in order to help the depart-
ment or agency comply with the record submis-
sion requirements under subparagraph (C).
‘‘(K) BIENNIAL
ASSESSMENT.—Every 2 
years, the Attorney General shall assess the ex-
tent to which the actions taken under the title 
II of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 
2017 have resulted in improvements in the sys-
tem established under this section. 
‘‘(L) 
APPLICATION
TO
FEDERAL 
COURTS.—For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘department or agency 
of the United States’ and ‘Federal depart-
ment or agency’ include a Federal court; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts 
shall perform, for a Federal court, the 
functions assigned to the head of a depart-
ment or agency.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
Attorney General receives such information, the At-
torney General shall determine whether or not the 
prospective transferee is the subject of an erroneous 
record and remove any records that are determined 
to be erroneous. In addition to any funds made
available under subsection (k), the Attorney General 
may use such sums as are necessary and otherwise 
available for the salaries and expenses of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation to comply with this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 203. NICS ACT RECORD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN WAIVER.—Section 
102 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007(34 U.S.C. 40912) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Crime Identification 
Technology Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 14601)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 102 of the Crime Identi-
fication Technology Act of 1998 (34 U.S.C. 
40301)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘is in compliance with an 
implementation plan established under sub-
section (b) or’’ before ‘‘provides at least 90 per-
cent of the information described in subsection 
(c)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 
has established an implementation plan under sec-
tion 107’’ after ‘‘the Attorney General’’.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE
TO STATES.— 
Section 103 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act 
of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
through increased efforts to pre-validate the contents 
of those records to expedite eligibility determina-
tions’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE PREVEN-
TION INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—For each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney General 
shall create a priority area under the NICS Act 
Record 
Improvement 
Program 
(commonly 
known as ‘NARIP’) for a Domestic Abuse and 
Violence Prevention Initiative that emphasizes 
the need for grantees to identify and upload all 
felony conviction records and domestic violence 
records. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The Attorney General— 
‘‘(i) may use not more than 50 per-
cent of the amounts made available under 
section 207 of the Concealed Carry Reci-
‘‘(2) provide technical assistance and training 
services to grantees under this section.’’. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
IDENTIFICATION, 
INFORMATION, 
AND
COMMUNICA-
TION.—Section 102 of the Crime Identification Tech-
nology Act of 1998 (34 U.S.C. 40301) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and 
(F), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) identification of all individuals who 
have been convicted of a crime punishable by 
imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(6)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(18 U.S.C. 922 note)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 40901(b))’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘, including through in-
creased efforts to pre-validate the contents of 
felony conviction records and domestic violence 
records to expedite eligibility determinations,
and measures and resources necessary to estab-
lish and achieve compliance with an implemen-
tation plan under section 107 of the NICS Im-
provement Amendments Act of 2007’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘un-
less’’ the following: ‘‘the State has achieved compli-
ance with an implementation plan under section 107 
of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
or’’. 
(b) GRANTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CRIMINAL 
RECORDS.—Section 106(b)(1) of the Brady Handgun Vio-
lence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40302(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, as of the 
date of enactment of the Concealed Carry Reci-
procity Act of 2017,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘files,’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘files and that will utilize funding 
under this subsection to prioritize the identifica-
tion and transmittal of felony conviction records 
and domestic violence records,’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘upon establishment of the 
national system,’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following— 
‘‘(D) to establish and achieve compliance 
with an implementation plan under section 107 
of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007.’’. 
SEC. 205. IMPROVING INFORMATION SHARING WITH THE 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S. 40911 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 107. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act 
of 2017, the Attorney General, in coordination with the 
States and Indian tribal governments, shall establish, for 
each State or Indian tribal government, a plan to ensure 
maximum coordination and automation of the reporting 
or making available of appropriate records to the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) and the verification of the ac-
curacy of those records during a 4-year period specified 
in the plan, and shall update the plan biennially, to the 
extent necessary, based on the most recent biennial assess-
ment under subsection (f). The records shall be limited 
to those of an individual described in subsection (g) or 
(n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) BENCHMARK REQUIREMENTS.—Each plan es-
tablished under this section shall include annual bench-
marks to enable the Attorney General to assess the imple-
mentation of the plan, including— 
‘‘(1) qualitative goals and quantitative meas-
ures; and 
‘‘(2) a needs assessment, including estimated 
compliance costs. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.—Not later than 
the end of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
establishment of an implementation plan under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall determine whether each 
State or Indian tribal government has achieved substantial 
compliance with the benchmarks included in the plan. 
‘‘(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Attorney General— 
‘‘(1) shall disclose and publish, including on the 
website of the Department of Justice— 
‘‘(A) the name of each State or Indian 
tribal government that received a determination
of failure to achieve substantial compliance with 
an implementation plan under subsection (c) for 
the preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the reasons for which 
the Attorney General has determined that the 
State or Indian tribal government is not in sub-
stantial compliance with the implementation 
plan, including, to the greatest extent possible, 
a description of the types and amounts of 
records that have not been submitted; and 
‘‘(2) if a State or Indian tribal government de-
scribed in paragraph (1) subsequently receives a de-
termination of substantial compliance, shall— 
‘‘(A) immediately correct the applicable 
record; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 3 days after the deter-
mination, remove the record from the website of 
the Department of Justice and any other loca-
tion where the record was published. 
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES.—For each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, the Attorney General shall give affirmative 
preference to all Bureau of Justice Assistance discre-
tionary grant applications of a State or Indian tribal gov-
ernment that received a determination of substantial com-
pliance under subsection (c) for the fiscal year in which 
the grant was solicited. 
‘‘(f) BIENNIAL ASSESSMENT.—Every 2 years, the At-
torney General shall assess the extent to which the actions 
taken under title II of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity 
Act of 2017 have resulted in improvements in the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act (34 U.S.C. 40903). 
‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE-
ARM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 
check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li-
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 
of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 
title 18, United States Code), which background check de-
termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, and such determination is made after 
3 business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted 
the System and a firearm has been transferred to that 
person, the System shall notify the law enforcement agen-
cies described in subsection (b).