‘‘(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’’; 
(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’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2002 
through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 
(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— 
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(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 Fix NICS 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.’’. 
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SEC. 5. 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 Fix NICS Act of 2017, the Attor-
ney General, in coordination with the States and Indian 
tribal governments, shall establish, for each State or In-
dian tribal government, a plan to ensure maximum coordi-
nation and automation of the reporting or making avail-
able of appropriate records to the National Instant Crimi-
nal Background Check System established under section 
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 
U.S.C. 40901) and the verification of the accuracy of 
those records during a 4-year period specified in the plan. 
The records shall be limited to those of an individual de-
scribed 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 
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‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act 
of 2007 (Public Law 110–180; 121 Stat. 2559) is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 106 the 
following: 
‘‘Sec. 107. Implementation plan.’’. 
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