(34 U.S.C. 40915) in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 503. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO DISQUALIFYING MENTAL 
STATUS. 
(a) Section 922(d)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to dis-
qualifying mental status’’. 
(b) Section 922(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to dis-
qualifying mental status’’. 
(c) Section 922(s)(3)(B)(iv) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental 
defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to 
disqualifying mental status’’. 
(d) Section 175b(d)(2)(F) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental 
defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to 
disqualifying mental status’’. 
(e) Section 842(d)(6) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated a mental defective’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disquali-
fying mental status’’. 
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(f) Section 842(i)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to dis-
qualifying mental status’’. 
(g) Section 3(2) of the NICS Improvement Amend-
ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40903) is amended by 
striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ and inserting 
‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental sta-
tus’’. 
(h) Section 101(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the NICS Improve-
ment Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911) is 
amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disquali-
fying mental status’’. 
(i) Section 101(c)(1)(C) of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911) is amended 
by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental 
status’’. 
(j) Section 101(c)(3) of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911) is amended 
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘adjudicate a person as a mental defective’’ and inserting 
‘‘adjudicate a person as ineligible due to disqualifying 
mental status’’. 
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(k) Section 101(c)(3)(A) of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911) is amended 
by striking ‘‘adjudicate the person as a mental defective,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adjudicate the person as ineligible due to 
disqualifying mental status’’. 
(l) Section 102(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the NICS Improve-
ment Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40912) is 
amended by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disquali-
fying mental status’’. 
TITLE 
VI—SUBMISSION 
OF 
RECORDS TO NATIONAL IN-
STANT 
CRIMINAL 
BACK-
GROUND CHECK SYSTEM 
SEC. 601. REPORTS RELATING TO SUBMISSION OF INFOR-
MATION TO NICS. 
Section 201 of the NICS Improvement Amendments 
Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40931) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) REPORT ON PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM OB-
TAINING FIREARMS AS A RESULT OF A CONVICTION OF 
A MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Not 
later than January 31 of each year, the Director shall sub-
mit to Congress a report containing the number of persons 
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reported by each State to the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System who are prohibited from pos-
sessing or receiving a firearm under section 922(g)(9) of 
title 18, United States Code.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as (e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REPORT ON PROMISING PRACTICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Safer Commu-
nities Act of 2019, and annually thereafter, the Di-
rector shall submit to Congress and to each State 
participating in the National Criminal History Im-
provement Program, a report of the practices of the 
States that the Director considers to be promising 
practices. 
‘‘(2) PROMISING
PRACTICE
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘promising 
practice’ means a program, activity, or strategy of a 
State regarding the collection, maintenance, automa-
tion, and transmittal of information relevant to de-
termining whether a person is prohibited from pos-
sessing 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 
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Background Check System, that the Director deter-
mines— 
‘‘(A) has been used by a State or other 
agency to successfully increase or expand its 
ability to collect, maintain, automate, and 
transmit the information described in the mat-
ter preceding this subparagraph; 
‘‘(B) shows promise in its early stages of 
becoming a best practice under subsection (c), 
with long-term sustainable impact; and 
‘‘(C) may be replicated by other States or 
agencies.’’. 
SEC. 602. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL 
HISTORY 
RECORDS 
IMPROVEMENT 
PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 106(b) of Public Law 103–159 (34 U.S.C. 
40302) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Fix NICS Act of 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘Safer Communities Act of 
2019’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated for grants 
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