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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4183 
To condition a State’s eligibility for grants under the National Criminal 
History Improvement Program on compliance with certain requirements 
relating to increasing reporting of domestic violence records, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2017 
Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania (for himself and Miss RICE of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To condition a State’s eligibility for grants under the Na-
tional Criminal History Improvement Program on com-
pliance with certain requirements relating to increasing 
reporting of domestic violence records, 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 ‘‘Domestic Violence 
Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON NCHIP GRANTS. 
Section 102 of the Crime Identification Technology 
Act of 1998 (34 U.S.C. 40301) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
CHECK SYSTEM.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-
tem’ means the National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System established under section 103(b) of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 
note) for firearms eligibility determinations. 
‘‘(2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECORD DEFINED.—For 
purposes of paragraph (3), a domestic violence record is 
the following: 
‘‘(A) A record that identifies a person who is 
subject to a court order described in section 
922(g)(8) of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) A record that identifies a person who was 
convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of 
domestic violence, as defined in section 921(a)(33) 
of title 18, United States Code, during the 5 years 
preceding the date of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Janu-
ary 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
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Senate a report identifying the percentage of records de-
scribed in paragraph (2) from each State that are acces-
sible through the National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System. 
‘‘(4) METHODOLOGY.—The method established to 
calculate the number of records identified in paragraph 
(2) accessible through the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System, as set forth in paragraph (2) 
and State compliance with the required level of reporting 
under paragraph (6), shall be determined by the Attorney 
General, after consultation with the States, in accordance 
with the following: 
‘‘(A) A record of an individual convicted of a 
misdemeanor crime of domestic violence shall be 
counted as accessible through the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System if a record 
identifying the individual has been submitted to the 
NICS Index or a record identifies the individual in 
the Interstate Identification Index and the record in 
the Interstate Identification Index either complies 
with paragraph (c)(2) of section 102 of the NICS 
Amendment Improvements Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 
40912), or otherwise clearly indicates that the per-
son is ineligible to purchase or possess firearms as 
a result of the conviction. 
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