Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: be188f12-d9be-4eff-9e8e-721839c0b754
Document Type: cfr
Title: Firearms background checks for armed security personnel.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.17
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Section ID: 73.17
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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fingerprints and information contained in the NRC Form 754 directly to the FBI are not assessed an application fee by the NRC. ( n ) Processing of the NICS portion of a firearms background check. ( 1 ) The NRC will forward the information contained in the submitted NRC Form 754 to the FBI for evaluation against the NICS databases. Upon completion of the NICS portion of the firearms background check, the FBI will inform the NRC of the results with one of three responses under 28 CFR part 25 ; “proceed,” “delayed,” or “denied,” and the associated NICS transaction number (NTN). The NRC will forward these results and the associated NTN to the submitting licensee. ( 2 ) Licensees that are Federal agencies and submit fingerprints and information contained in the NRC Form 754 directly to the FBI for evaluation against the NICS databases will receive one of three responses under 28 CFR part 25 ; “proceed,” “delayed,” or “denied,” and the associated NTN. ( 3 ) The submitting licensee must provide these results to the individual who completed the NRC Form 754. ( o ) [Reserved] ( p ) Appeals and resolution of adverse firearms background checks. ( 1 ) Licensees may not assign security personnel who have received a “denied” or a “delayed” NICS response to any official duties requiring access to covered weapons— ( i ) During the pendency of an appeal to the FBI of a “denied” NICS response; or ( ii ) During the pendency of providing to the FBI any necessary additional information to resolve a “delayed” NICS response. ( 2 ) Licensees must provide the NICS Transaction Number (NTN) or NTNs associated with the adverse firearms background check to the affected individual. It is the affected individual's responsibility to initiate an appeal or resolution of a “delayed” or “denied” NICS response. ( 3 ) Licensees may assign security personnel to official duties requiring access to covered weapons subsequent to the individual's