Title: Counterterror Alert Act of 2017
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Counterterror Alert Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include in the national instant criminal background check system (i.e., the NICS database) information about an individual who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation.
A federal department or agency must submit to DOJ information about such individual.
Additionally, if a licensed gun dealer requests a background check on a prospective gun buyer who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation, then the NICS database must notify the appropriate division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the request and the pending firearm transfer.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 72 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 72

       To require that certain information relating to terrorism 
    investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2017

  Mr. Nelson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To require that certain information relating to terrorism 
    investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Counterterror Alert Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS TO NICS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``firearm'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 921 of title 18, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``licensee'' means a licensed importer, 
        licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, as those terms are 
        defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code;
            (3) the term ``NICS'' means the national instant criminal 
        background check system established under section 103 of the 
        Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note); and
            (4) the term ``terrorism'' includes international terrorism 
        and domestic terrorism, as defined in section 2331 of title 18, 
        United States Code.
    (b) Inclusion of Information in NICS.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish 
a process to ensure that if any person has been or is under a terrorism 
investigation conducted by the Department of Justice or any other 
department or agency of the Federal Government, information about such 
terrorism investigation of the person shall be included in the NICS 
database.
    (c) Submission of Information.--The head of each department or 
agency of the Federal Government that has information about a person 
who has been or is under a terrorism investigation conducted by the 
department or agency shall provide such information to the Attorney 
General for inclusion in the NICS database under subsection (b).
    (d) Notification of Federal Bureau of Investigation.--If a licensee 
contacts NICS to request a unique identification number for the 
transfer of a firearm to a prospective purchaser under section 922(t) 
of title 18, United States Code, and the prospective purchaser is a 
person who has been or is under a terrorism investigation conducted by 
the Department of Justice or any other department or agency of the 
Federal Government, NICS shall notify the appropriate division of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation of the request and pending firearm 
transfer.
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