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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4264 
To require the Secretary of Defense make available certain records relevant 
to a determination of whether a member of the Armed Forces is disquali-
fied from possessing or receiving a firearm, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. TURNER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense make available certain 
records relevant to a determination of whether a member 
of the Armed Forces is disqualified from possessing or 
receiving a firearm, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Homefront Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS FOR NATIONAL IN-
STANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYS-
TEM. 
(a) NICS RECORDS.—Section 101(b) of the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 
40911(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—Not later 
than three business days after the final disposition 
of a judicial proceeding conducted within the De-
partment of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall 
make available to the Attorney General records 
which are relevant to a determination of whether a 
member of the Armed Forces involved in such pro-
ceeding is disqualified from possessing or receiving a 
firearm under subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 
of title 18, United States Code, for use in back-
ground checks performed by the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System.’’. 
(b) STUDY AND REPORT ON MPO DATABASE.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a 
database of military protective orders issued by mili-
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tary commanders against individuals suspected of 
having committed an offense of domestic violence 
under section 928b of title 10, United States Code 
(article 128b of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice). The study shall include an examination of each 
of the following: 
(A) The feasibility of creating a database 
to record, track, and report such military pro-
tective orders to the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System. 
(B) The feasibility of establishing a proc-
ess by which a military judge or magistrate 
may issue a protective order against an indi-
vidual suspected of having committed such an 
offense. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later then 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the results of the study con-
ducted under paragraph (1). 
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