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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''NICS Reporting Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR STATES THAT DO NOT MAKE DATA ELECTRONICALLY
AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
CHECK.

Section 102(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18
U.S.C. 922 note) is amended to read as follows:
''(b) Implementation Plan.--
''(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General, in
coordination with the States, shall establish for each State or
Indian tribal government, a plan to ensure maximum coordination
and automation of the reporting of records or making of records
available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System, during a 4-year period specified in the plan.
''(2) Benchmark requirements.--Each plan required under
paragraph (1) shall include annual benchmarks, including
qualitative goals and quantitative measures, to enable the
Attorney General to assess implementation of the plan.
''(3) Penalties for non-compliance.--
''(A) In general.--During the 4-year period covered
by the plan required under paragraph (1), the Attorney
General shall withhold--
''(i) 10 percent of the amount that would
otherwise be allocated to a State under section
505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if
the State does not meet the benchmark
established pursuant to paragraph (2) for the
first year in the 4-year period;
''(ii) 11 percent of the amount that would
otherwise be allocated to a State under section
505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if
the State does not meet the benchmark
established pursuant to paragraph (2) for the
second year in the 4-year period;
''(iii) 13 percent of the amount that would
otherwise be allocated to a State under section
505 of title I the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if
the State does not meet the benchmark
established pursuant to paragraph (2) for the
third year in the 4-year period; and
''(iv) 15 percent of the amount that would
otherwise be allocated to a State under section
505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if
the State does not meet the benchmark
established pursuant to paragraph (2) for the
fourth year in the 4-year period.
''(B) Failure to establish a plan.--A State with
respect to which a plan is not established under
paragraph (1) shall be treated as having not met any
benchmark established pursuant to paragraph (2).
''(4) Annual doj report.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this subsection, and each year thereafter,
the Attorney General shall publish a report on the website of
the Department of Justice on whether each State is in
compliance with the benchmarks established pursuant to
paragraph (2).''.

SEC. 3. GRANTS INCENTIVES TO STATES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COORDINATION AND
AUTOMATION OF NICS RECORD REPORTING.

(a) In General.--The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18
U.S.C. 922 note) is amended--
(1) by striking section 103 and inserting the following:

''SEC. 103. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COORDINATION AND
AUTOMATION OF NICS RECORD REPORTING.

''(a) Authorization.--From amounts made available to carry out this
section, the Attorney General shall make grants to States, Indian
tribal governments, and State court systems, in a manner consistent
with the National Criminal History Improvement Program and consistent
with State plans for integration, automation, and accessibility of
criminal history records, for use by the State, or units of local
government of the State, Indian tribal government, or State court
system to improve the automation and transmittal of any records that
identify persons who are prohibited from possessing or receiving a
firearm under section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, in
accordance with section 102 and the National Criminal History
Improvement Program.
''(b) Use of Grant Amounts.--Grants awarded to States, Indian
tribal governments, or State court systems under this section may only
be used to--
''(1) carry out, as necessary, assessments of the
capabilities of the courts of the State or Indian tribal
government for the automation and transmission of arrest and
conviction records, court orders including those for domestic
violence, and mental health adjudications or commitments to
Federal and State record repositories;
''(2) implement policies, systems, and procedures for the
automation and transmission of arrest and conviction records,
court orders including those for domestic violence, and mental
health adjudications or commitments to Federal and State record
repositories;
''(3) create electronic systems that provide accurate and
up-to-date information which is directly related to checks
under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System,
including court disposition and corrections records;
''(4) assist States or Indian tribal governments in
establishing or enhancing their own capacities to perform
background checks using the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System; and
''(5) develop and maintain the relief from disabilities
program in accordance with section 105.
''(c) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section,
a State, Indian tribal government, or State court system shall certify,
to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, that the State, Indian
tribal government, or State court system is not prohibited by State law
or court order from submitting mental health records to the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System.
''(d) Federal Share.--
''(1) Studies, assessments, non-material activities.--The
Federal share of a study, assessment, creation of a task force,
or other non-material activity, as determined by the Attorney
General, carried out with a grant under this section shall be
not more than 25 percent.
''(2) Infrastructure or system development.--The Federal
share of an activity involving infrastructure or system
development, including labor-related costs, for the purpose of
improving State or Indian tribal government record reporting to
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System carried
out with a grant under this section may amount to 100 percent
of the cost of the activity.
''(e) Grants to Indian Tribes.--Up to 5 percent of the grant
funding available under this section may be reserved for Indian tribal
governments for use by Indian tribal judicial systems.
''(f) Preferential Consideration.--In awarding grants under this
section, the Attorney General shall give preferential consideration to
a State or Indian tribal government that has--
''(1) successfully met the benchmarks established under
section 102(b)(2); and
''(2) implemented a relief from disabilities program in
accordance with section 105.
''(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2016 through 2020.'';
(2) by striking title III; and
(3) in section 401(b), by inserting after ''of this Act''
the following: ''and 18 months after the date of enactment of
the NICS Reporting Improvement Act''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in
section 1(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C.
922 note) is amended--
(1) by striking the item relating to section 103 and
inserting the following:

''Sec. 103. Grants to States for improvement of coordination and
automation of NICS record reporting.'';
(2) by striking the item relating to title III; and
(3) by striking the item relating to section 301.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act.
A:
NICS Reporting Improvement Act This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to revise the requirement for states to provide to the Department of Justice (DOJ), as an eligibility condition to receive a grant under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) and a waiver of the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program, estimates of firearms-related disqualifying records. It directs DOJ to establish a four-year state implementation plan, including benchmarks, to maximize the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). DOJ must reduce a state's allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for failing to comply with benchmarks. The bill reauthorizes through FY2020 the NARIP grant program and revises it, among other things, to: add state court systems to the list of eligible grant recipients; require a grant applicant to certify, as an eligibility condition, that no state law or court order prohibits the submission of mental health records to NICS; and create a preference for grant applicants that meet the benchmarks included in the state implementation plan. The bill repeals the grant program for state and tribal court systems to improve the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records.