IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 38 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means 
by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may 
carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Concealed Carry Reci-
procity Act of 2017’’. 
TITLE I—CONCEALED CARRY 
RECIPROCITY ACT OF 2017 
SEC. 101. RECIPROCITY FOR THE CARRYING OF CERTAIN 
CONCEALED FIREARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C 
the following: 
‘‘§ 926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain con-
cealed firearms 
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the law of any 
State or political subdivision thereof (except as provided 
in subsection (b)) and subject only to the requirements 
of this section, a person who is not prohibited by Federal 
law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving 
a firearm, who is carrying a valid identification document 
containing a photograph of the person, and who is car-
rying a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant 
to the law of a State and which permits the person to 
carry a concealed firearm or is entitled to carry a con-
cealed firearm in the State in which the person resides, 
may possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a 
machinegun or destructive device) that has been shipped 
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or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, in any 
State that— 
‘‘(1) has a statute under which residents of the 
State may apply for a license or permit to carry a 
concealed firearm; or 
‘‘(2) does not prohibit the carrying of concealed 
firearms by residents of the State for lawful pur-
poses. 
‘‘(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede 
or limit the laws of any State that— 
‘‘(1) permit private persons or entities to pro-
hibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms 
on their property; or 
‘‘(2) prohibit or restrict the possession of fire-
arms on any State or local government property, in-
stallation, building, base, or park. 
‘‘(c)(1) A person who carries or possesses a concealed 
handgun in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) may 
not be arrested or otherwise detained for violation of any 
law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political 
subdivision thereof related to the possession, transpor-
tation, or carrying of firearms unless there is probable 
cause to believe that the person is doing so in a manner 
not provided for by this section. Presentation of facially 
valid documents as specified in subsection (a) is prima 
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facie evidence that the individual has a license or permit 
as required by this section. 
‘‘(2) When a person asserts this section as a defense 
in a criminal proceeding, the prosecution shall bear the 
burden of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the 
conduct of the person did not satisfy the conditions set 
forth in subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(3) When a person successfully asserts this section 
as a defense in a criminal proceeding, the court shall 
award the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney’s 
fee. 
‘‘(d)(1) A person who is deprived of any right, privi-
lege, or immunity secured by this section, under color of 
any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any 
State or any political subdivision thereof, may bring an 
action in any appropriate court against any other person, 
including a State or political subdivision thereof, who 
causes the person to be subject to the deprivation, for 
damages or other appropriate relief. 
‘‘(2) The court shall award a plaintiff prevailing in 
an action brought under paragraph (1) damages and such 
other relief as the court deems appropriate, including a 
reasonable attorney’s fee. 
‘‘(e) In subsection (a): 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘identification document’ means 
a document made or issued by or under the author-
ity of the United States Government, a State, or a 
political subdivision of a State which, when com-
pleted with information concerning a particular indi-
vidual, is of a type intended or commonly accepted 
for the purpose of identification of individuals. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘handgun’ includes any magazine 
for use in a handgun and any ammunition loaded 
into the handgun or its magazine. 
‘‘(f)(1) A person who possesses or carries a concealed 
handgun under subsection (a) shall not be subject to the 
prohibitions of section 922(q) with respect to that hand-
gun. 
‘‘(2) A person possessing or carrying a concealed 
handgun in a State under subsection (a) may do so in 
any of the following areas in the State that are open to 
the public: 
‘‘(A) A unit of the National Park System. 
‘‘(B) A unit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System. 
‘‘(C) Public land under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
‘‘(D) Land administered and managed by the 
Army Corps of Engineers. 
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‘‘(E) Land administered and managed by the 
Bureau of Reclamation. 
‘‘(F) Land administered and managed by the 
Forest Service.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 926C the following: 
‘‘926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.’’. 
(c) SEVERABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this title, if any provision of this section, or any 
amendment made by this section, or the application of 
such provision or amendment to any person or cir-
cumstance is held to be unconstitutional, this section and 
amendments made by this section and the application of 
such provision or amendment to other persons or cir-
cumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title prohibits a law enforcement offi-
cer with reasonable suspicion of a violation of any law 
from conducting a brief investigative stop in accordance 
with the Constitution of the United States. 
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SEC. 103. CERTAIN OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICERS ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED 
FIREARM, AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A 
SCHOOL ZONE. 
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(vi); and 
(B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 
(ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: 
‘‘(vii) by an off-duty law enforcement officer 
who is a qualified law enforcement officer (as de-
fined in section 926B) and is authorized under such 
section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm 
is concealed; 
‘‘(viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement of-
ficer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized 
under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if 
the firearm is concealed; or’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(iii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and 
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TITLE II—FIX NICS ACT 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fix NICS Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 202. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 
AND AGENCIES. 
Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(F) SEMIANNUAL
CERTIFICATION
AND 
REPORTING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The head of each 
Federal department or agency shall submit 
a semiannual written certification to the 
Attorney General indicating whether the 
department or agency is in compliance 
with the record submission requirements 
under subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(ii) SUBMISSION DATES.—The head 
of a Federal department or agency shall 
submit a certification to the Attorney Gen-
eral under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) not later than July 31 of 
each year, which shall address all rel-
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evant records, including those that 
have not been transmitted to the At-
torney General, in possession of the 
department or agency during the pe-
riod beginning on January 1 of the 
year and ending on June 30 of the 
year; and 
‘‘(II) not later than January 31 
of each year, which shall address all 
relevant records, including those that 
have not been transmitted to the At-
torney General, in possession of the 
department or agency during the pe-
riod beginning on July 1 of the pre-
vious year and ending on December 
31 of the previous year. 
‘‘(iii) CONTENTS.—A certification re-
quired under clause (i) shall state, for the 
applicable period— 
‘‘(I) the total number of records 
of the Federal department or agency 
demonstrating that a person falls 
within one of the categories described 
in subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 
of title 18, United States Code; 
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‘‘(II) for each category of records 
described in subclause (I), the total 
number of records of the Federal de-
partment or agency that have been 
provided to the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(III) the efforts of the Federal 
department or agency to ensure com-
plete and accurate reporting of rel-
evant records, including efforts to 
monitor compliance and correct any 
reporting failures or inaccuracies. 
‘‘(G) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, the head of each Federal 
department or agency, in coordination with 
the Attorney General, shall establish a plan 
to ensure maximum coordination and auto-
mated reporting or making available of 
records to the Attorney General as re-
quired under subparagraph (C), and the 
verification of the accuracy of those 
records, including the pre-validation of 
those records, where appropriate, during a 
4-year period specified in the plan. The 
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head of each Federal department or agency 
shall update the plan biennially, to the ex-
tent necessary, based on the most recent 
biennial assessment under subparagraph 
(K). The records shall be limited to those 
of an individual described in subsection (g) 
or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(ii) BENCHMARK REQUIREMENTS.— 
Each plan established under clause (i) 
shall include annual benchmarks to enable 
the Attorney General to assess implemen-
tation of the plan, including— 
‘‘(I) qualitative goals and quan-
titative measures; 
‘‘(II) measures to monitor inter-
nal compliance, including any report-
ing failures and inaccuracies; 
‘‘(III) a needs assessment, in-
cluding estimated compliance costs; 
and 
‘‘(IV) an estimated date by which 
the Federal department or agency will 
fully comply with record submission 
requirements under subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(iii) 
COMPLIANCE
DETERMINA-
TION.—Not later than the end of each fis-
cal year beginning after the date of the es-
tablishment of a plan under clause (i), the 
Attorney General shall determine whether 
the applicable Federal department or agen-
cy has achieved substantial compliance 
with the benchmarks included in the plan. 
‘‘(H) 
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 
Attorney 
General shall publish, including on the website 
of the Department of Justice, and submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
a semiannual report that discloses— 
‘‘(i) the name of each Federal depart-
ment or agency that has failed to submit 
a required certification under subpara-
graph (F); 
‘‘(ii) the name of each Federal depart-
ment or agency that has submitted a re-
quired certification under subparagraph 
(F), but failed to certify compliance with 
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the record submission requirements under 
subparagraph (C); 
‘‘(iii) the name of each Federal de-
partment or agency that has failed to sub-
mit an implementation plan under sub-
paragraph (G); 
‘‘(iv) the name of each Federal de-
partment or agency that is not in substan-
tial compliance with an implementation 
plan under subparagraph (G); 
‘‘(v) a detailed summary of the data, 
broken down by department or agency, 
contained in the certifications submitted 
under subparagraph (F); 
‘‘(vi) a detailed summary of the con-
tents and status, broken down by depart-
ment or agency, of the implementation 
plans established under subparagraph (G); 
and 
‘‘(vii) the reasons for which the Attor-
ney General has determined that a Federal 
department or agency is not in substantial 
compliance with an implementation plan 
established under subparagraph (G). 
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‘‘(I) NONCOMPLIANCE
PENALTIES.—For 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, each 
political appointee of a Federal department or 
agency that has failed to certify compliance 
with the record submission requirements under 
subparagraph (C), and is not in substantial 
compliance with an implementation plan estab-
lished under subparagraph (G), shall not be eli-
gible for the receipt of bonus pay, excluding 
overtime pay, until the department or agency— 
‘‘(i) certifies compliance with the 
record submission requirements under sub-
paragraph (C); or 
‘‘(ii) achieves substantial compliance 
with an implementation plan established 
under subparagraph (G). 
‘‘(J) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attor-
ney General may use funds made available for 
the national instant criminal background check 
system established under subsection (b) to pro-
vide technical assistance to a Federal depart-
ment or agency, at the request of the depart-
ment or agency, in order to help the depart-
ment or agency comply with the record submis-
sion requirements under subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(K) BIENNIAL
ASSESSMENT.—Every 2 
years, the Attorney General shall assess the ex-
tent to which the actions taken under the title 
II of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 
2017 have resulted in improvements in the sys-
tem established under this section. 
‘‘(L) 
APPLICATION
TO
FEDERAL 
COURTS.—For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘department or agency 
of the United States’ and ‘Federal depart-
ment or agency’ include a Federal court; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts 
shall perform, for a Federal court, the 
functions assigned to the head of a depart-
ment or agency.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
Attorney General receives such information, the At-
torney General shall determine whether or not the 
prospective transferee is the subject of an erroneous 
record and remove any records that are determined 
to be erroneous. In addition to any funds made 
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available under subsection (k), the Attorney General 
may use such sums as are necessary and otherwise 
available for the salaries and expenses of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation to comply with this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 203. NICS ACT RECORD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN WAIVER.—Section 
102 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007(34 U.S.C. 40912) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Crime Identification 
Technology Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 14601)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 102 of the Crime Identi-
fication Technology Act of 1998 (34 U.S.C. 
40301)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘is in compliance with an 
implementation plan established under sub-
section (b) or’’ before ‘‘provides at least 90 per-
cent of the information described in subsection 
(c)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 
has established an implementation plan under sec-
tion 107’’ after ‘‘the Attorney General’’. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE
TO STATES.— 
Section 103 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act 
of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
through increased efforts to pre-validate the contents 
of those records to expedite eligibility determina-
tions’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE PREVEN-
TION INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—For each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney General 
shall create a priority area under the NICS Act 
Record 
Improvement 
Program 
(commonly 
known as ‘NARIP’) for a Domestic Abuse and 
Violence Prevention Initiative that emphasizes 
the need for grantees to identify and upload all 
felony conviction records and domestic violence 
records. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The Attorney General— 
‘‘(i) may use not more than 50 per-
cent of the amounts made available under 
section 207 of the Concealed Carry Reci-
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procity Act of 2017 for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2022 to carry out the initia-
tive described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) shall give a funding preference 
under NARIP to States that— 
‘‘(I) have established an imple-
mentation plan under section 107; 
and 
‘‘(II) will use amounts made 
available under this subparagraph to 
improve efforts to identify and upload 
all felony conviction records and do-
mestic violence records described in 
clauses (i), (v), and (vi) of section 
102(b)(1)(C) by not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2022.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall direct the Office of Justice Programs, the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to— 
‘‘(1) assist States that are not currently eligible 
for grants under this section to achieve compliance 
with all eligibility requirements; and 
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‘‘(2) provide technical assistance and training 
services to grantees under this section.’’. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
IDENTIFICATION, 
INFORMATION, 
AND
COMMUNICA-
TION.—Section 102 of the Crime Identification Tech-
nology Act of 1998 (34 U.S.C. 40301) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and 
(F), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(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, 
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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’’; and 
(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’’. 
(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— 
(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 Concealed Carry Reci-
procity 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)— 
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(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.’’. 
SEC. 205. 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 Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act 
of 2017, the Attorney General, in coordination with the 
States and Indian tribal governments, shall establish, for 
each State or Indian tribal government, a plan to ensure 
maximum coordination and automation of the reporting 
or making available of appropriate records to the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) and the verification of the ac-
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curacy of those records during a 4-year period specified 
in the plan, and shall update the plan biennially, to the 
extent necessary, based on the most recent biennial assess-
ment under subsection (f). The records shall be limited 
to those of an individual described 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 
‘‘(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 
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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 
‘‘(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-
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pliance under subsection (c) for the fiscal year in which 
the grant was solicited. 
‘‘(f) BIENNIAL ASSESSMENT.—Every 2 years, the At-
torney General shall assess the extent to which the actions 
taken under title II of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity 
Act of 2017 have resulted in improvements in the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act (34 U.S.C. 40903). 
‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE-
ARM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 
check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li-
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 
of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 
title 18, United States Code), which background check de-
termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, and such determination is made after 
3 business days have elapsed since the licensee contacted 
the System and a firearm has been transferred to that 
person, the System shall notify the law enforcement agen-
cies described in subsection (b). 
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‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 
The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 
are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 
over the location from which the licensee contacted the 
system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris-
diction over the location of the residence of the person for 
which the background check was conducted, as follows: 
‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency.’’. 
(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. 
‘‘Sec. 108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of 
a firearm.’’. 
SEC. 206. ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF BUMP 
STOCKS IN CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts made available for 
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, within 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attor-
ney General shall prepare and submit to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report 
that— 
(1) specifies the number of instances in which 
a bump stock has been used in the commission of a 
crime in the United States; 
(2) specifies the types of firearms with which a 
bump stock has been so used; and 
(3) contains the opinion of the Attorney Gen-
eral as to whether subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i) 
of section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
apply to all instances in which a bump stock has 
been used in the commission of a crime of violence 
in the United States. 
(b) DEFINITION OF BUMP STOCK.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘bump stock’’ means a device that— 
(1) attaches to a semiautomatic rifle (as defined 
in section 921(a)(28) of title 18, United States 
Code); 
(2) is designed and intended to repeatedly acti-
vate the trigger without the deliberate and volitional 
act of the user pulling the trigger each time the fire-
arm is fired; and 
(3) functions by continuous forward pressure 
applied to the rifle’s fore end in conjunction with a 
linear forward and backward sliding motion of the 
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mechanism utilizing the recoil energy when the rifle 
is discharged. 
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022 to carry out, in accordance with the NICS 
Act Record Improvement Program and the National 
Criminal History Improvement Program, the activities 
under— 
(1) section 102 of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007; 
(2) section 103 of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007; 
(3) section 102 of the Crime Identification 
Technology Act of 1998; and 
(4) section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun Vio-
lence Prevention Act. 
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$33,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$31,000,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘1994 and 1995’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’; and 
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(C) by inserting ‘‘, in addition to any 
amounts otherwise made available for research, 
evaluation or statistical purposes in a fiscal 
year’’ before the period; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$33,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$27,000,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘1994 and 1995’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, in addition to any 
amounts otherwise made available for research, 
evaluation or statistical purposes in a fiscal 
year’’ before the period. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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