Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019

Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019

This bill waives a condition that applies to certain grants for improving the accuracy and completeness of records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to encourage the inclusion of domestic violence records in the system. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement for a state to certify that it has a relief from disabilities program if the state's primary purpose for the grant is to improve access to domestic violence records.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4600 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4600

   To increase reporting of domestic violence records, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2019

   Miss Rice of New York (for herself and Mr. Turner) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase reporting of domestic violence records, 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 ``Domestic Violence Records Reporting 
Improvement Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. NARIP FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORTING.

    (a) Implementation Assistance to States.--Section 103(c) of the 
NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Attorney General shall waive the 
        requirement of a relief from disabilities program for any State 
        to receive a grant under this section if the primary purpose of 
        the grant is to improve the accessibility through the National 
        Instant Criminal Background Check System of the records 
        described in clauses (i), (v), and (vi) of section 
        102(b)(1)(C).''.
    (b) Disposition Records Automation and Transmittal Improvement 
Grants.--Section 301(d) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
(34 U.S.C. 40941) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Attorney General shall waive the 
        requirement of a relief from disabilities program for any State 
        to receive a grant under this section if the primary purpose of 
        the grant is to improve the accessibility through the National 
        Instant Criminal Background Check System of the records 
        described in clauses (i), (v), and (vi) of section 
        102(b)(1)(C).''.
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