practices of the States regarding the collection, mainte-
nance, automation, and transmittal of information rel-
evant to determining whether a person is prohibited from 
possessing or receiving a firearm by Federal or State law, 
by the State or any other agency, or any other records 
relevant to the National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System, that the Director considers to be best prac-
tices. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010 
to complete the studies, evaluations, and reports required 
under this section. 
TITLE III—GRANTS TO STATE 
COURT SYSTEMS FOR THE IM-
PROVEMENT IN AUTOMATION 
AND TRANSMITTAL OF DIS-
POSITION RECORDS 
SEC. 
301. 
DISPOSITION 
RECORDS 
AUTOMATION 
AND 
TRANSMITTAL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this section, the Attorney General 
shall make grants to each State, consistent with State 
plans for the integration, automation, and accessibility of 
criminal history records, for use by the State court system 
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to improve the automation and transmittal of criminal his-
tory dispositions, records relevant to determining whether 
a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of 
domestic violence, court orders, and mental health adju-
dications or commitments, to Federal and State record re-
positories in accordance with sections 102 and 103 and 
the National Criminal History Improvement Program. 
(b) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Up to 5 percent 
of the grant funding available under this section may be 
reserved for Indian tribal governments for use by Indian 
tribal judicial systems. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts granted under this 
section shall be used by the State court system only— 
(1) to carry out, as necessary, assessments of 
the capabilities of the courts of the State for the au-
tomation and transmission of arrest and conviction 
records, court orders, and mental health adjudica-
tions or commitments to Federal and State record 
repositories; and 
(2) to implement policies, systems, and proce-
dures for the automation and transmission of arrest 
and conviction records, court orders, and mental 
health adjudications or commitments to Federal and 
State record repositories. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $125,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 2008 through 2010. 
TITLE IV—GAO AUDIT 
SEC. 401. GAO AUDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an audit of the expenditure 
of all funds appropriated for criminal records improve-
ment pursuant to section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun 
Violence Prevention Act (Public Law 103–159) to deter-
mine if the funds were expended for the purposes author-
ized by the Act and how those funds were expended for 
those purposes or were otherwise expended. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit a report to Congress describing the findings of the 
audit conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
Æ 
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