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119-hr-10663119th Congress

Domestic Violence SAFE Notice Act

Sponsored By: Representative Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a federal firearms-access victim notification system that lets domestic violence survivors register to get alerts when an offender associated with them attempts to buy, possess, transfer, retrieve, or is arrested with a firearm. It would also fund a pilot to upgrade State and Tribal victim notification systems so local systems can deliver those alerts.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Alerts for crime victims about firearms

If enacted, the FBI would build and run a federal firearms-access victim notification system to alert registered victims about certain firearm-related activity by an associated offender. Victims could register or deregister at any time; guardians or authorized representatives could register for minors or incapacitated people, but an offender could not serve as the representative. The system would get names of associated offenders from NICS and would send notices when background checks find unlawful purchase attempts, certain transfers, retrievals, arrests, appeal reversals, or pardons/relief; NICS information in the federal system could be kept no more than 24 hours after a victim notice. Notices would include the national domestic violence hotline and State or Tribal resource contacts. The Attorney General would do outreach and prosecutors would tell victims about the registration option. The bill would say it does not change anyone’s lawful right to possess, receive, ship, or transport a firearm when otherwise allowed by law.

Grants to upgrade victim alert systems

If enacted, the Attorney General would run a pilot grant program through the Office for Victims of Crime to help States and Tribes upgrade victim-notification systems to send and receive firearm-related alerts. Grants would require systems to support voluntary registration and annual confirmations, accept reports from NICS, ATF, law enforcement, and licensed dealers, train judges and service providers, and finish upgrades within 3 years and keep them running for at least 3 years. Applicants must describe current systems and qualifying domestic violence offenses. The bill would authorize $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 and require staged reports and a final report to Congress.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

MI • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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