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States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report ana-
lyzing the extent to which, during the respective period, 
paragraphs (1)(B)(ii) and (7) of section 922(t) of title 18, 
United States Code, have prevented firearms from being 
transferred to prohibited persons, which report shall in-
clude but not be limited to the following— 
(1) an assessment of the overall implementation 
of such subsections, including a description of the 
challenges faced in implementing such paragraphs; 
and 
(2) an aggregate description of firearm pur-
chase delays and denials, and an aggregate analysis 
of the petitions submitted pursuant to such para-
graph (1)(B)(ii). 
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON PETITIONS SUPPORTING FIREARM 
TRANSFERS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPROVED 
BY NICS SYSTEM, THAT WERE NOT RE-
SPONDED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
shall make an annual report to the public on the number 
of petitions received by the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that were sub-
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mitted 
pursuant 
to 
subclause 
(I) 
of 
section 
922(t)(1)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States Code, with re-
spect to which a determination was not made within the 
10-day period referred to in subclause (II) of such section. 
SEC. 5. NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILL-
NESS. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in each of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) by strik-
ing ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ and inserting ‘‘ad-
judicated with mental illness, severe developmental dis-
ability, or severe emotional instability’’. 
SEC. 6. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. 
Within 150 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Fire-
arms, shall submit to the Congress a report analyzing the 
effect, if any, of this Act on the safety of victims of domes-
tic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking, and whether any further amend-
ments to the background check process, including amend-
ments to the conditions that must be met under this Act 
for a firearm to be transferred when the system has not 
notified the licensee that such transfer would not violate 
subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, would likely result in a reduction in the risk 
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of death or great bodily harm to victims of domestic vio-
lence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 210 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 30 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1112 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, to strengthen the background check proce-
dures to be followed before a Federal firearms li-
censee may transfer a firearm to a person who 
is not such a licensee. 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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