Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2013

Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General, in awarding public safety and community policing (COPS ON THE BEAT) grants, to give preferential consideration to an applicant that has reported all firearms recovered during the previous 12 months at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), or to a state agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau, for the purpose of tracing.

Requires each application for a COPS grant to specify: (1) whether the applicant recovered any firearms at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation during the 12 months before the submission of the application; (2) the number of such firearms recovered; (3) the number of such firearms reported to the Bureau, or to a state agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau, for tracing; and (4) the reason why any such firearms were not so reported.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1337 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1337

   To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2013

     Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Murphy) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, 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 ``Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    Section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-8) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs 
        (2) through (5), respectively; and
            (2) inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
        following:
            ``(1) `Bureau' means the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
        Firearms, and Explosives.''.

SEC. 3. INCENTIVES FOR TRACING FIREARMS USED IN CRIMES.

    Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended by striking subsection (c) and 
inserting the following:
    ``(c) Preferential Consideration of Applications for Certain 
Grants.--In awarding grants under this part, the Attorney General, 
where feasible--
            ``(1) may give preferential consideration to an application 
        for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement 
        officers that involves a non-Federal contribution exceeding the 
        25-percent minimum under subsection (g); and
            ``(2) shall give preferential consideration to an 
        application submitted by an applicant that has reported all 
        firearms recovered during the previous 12 months by the 
        applicant at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal 
        investigation to the Bureau for the purpose of tracing, or to a 
        State agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau for the 
        purpose of tracing.''.

SEC. 4. REPORTING OF FIREARM TRACING BY APPLICANTS FOR COMMUNITY 
              ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES GRANTS.

    Section 1702(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-1(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) specify--
                    ``(A) whether the applicant recovered any firearms 
                at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal 
                investigation during the 12 months before the 
                submission of the application;
                    ``(B) the number of firearms described in 
                subparagraph (A);
                    ``(C) the number of firearms described in 
                subparagraph (A) that were reported to the Bureau for 
                tracing, or to a State agency that reports such 
                firearms to the Bureau for tracing; and
                    ``(D) the reason why any firearms described under 
                subparagraph (A) were not reported to the Bureau for 
                tracing, or to a State agency that reports such 
                firearms to the Bureau for tracing.''.
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