endar days after the date on which such application was 
originally filed by such person, such application shall be 
deemed to have been approved by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this section and such firearm may be made by 
such person. The Secretary shall only deny an application 
to make and register a firearm on the grounds that the 
applicable requirements under this section have not been 
satisfied, and may not deny an application solely on the 
grounds that a determination regarding whether to ap-
prove or deny such application could not be completed by 
the Secretary during the period described in the preceding 
sentence.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to applications which are filed or 
pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS AND AGREEMENTS. 
(a) UNRESOLVED NICS CHECKS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States, in conjunction 
with the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, 
shall submit a report to Congress— 
(1) detailing the number of NICS inquiries re-
ceived during the period of calendar years 2010 
through 2021 with respect to the transfer of a fire-
arm which remained unresolved following the expira-
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tion of the 90-day period described in section 
25.9(b)(1) of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations; 
and 
(2) providing recommendations for administra-
tive actions to be adopted by the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to minimize the 
number of unresolved NICS inquiries described in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF NICS CHECKS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 
submit a report to Congress regarding the percentage of 
NICS inquiries during the period of calendar years 2014 
through 2021 with respect to the transfer of a firearm 
which were administered by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation on behalf of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives. 
(c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives and the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing regarding the administration and processing of 
NICS inquiries with respect to the transfer of firearms. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 
same meaning given such term under section 
5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(2) NICS.—The term ‘‘NICS’’ means the na-
tional instant criminal background check system es-
tablished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 
Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901). 
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