18 U.S.C. § 925C: Annual report to Congress

Summary

The Attorney General must send Congress a report no later than 1 year after the law is passed and then every year after that. The report must give information for each Federal judicial district. For each group of people barred under subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or under State law who were denied a firearm, the report must show counts of: denials; denials sent to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); denials where ATF later found the person was not barred; denials overturned through the NICS appeals process under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901); denials that led to an ATF field investigation; people charged with a Federal crime in connection with a denial; and Federal convictions in connection with a denial. The report must also include the number of background-check notices reported under section 925B, including those that would have been reported but for section 925B(c).

Title 18, §925C

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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report detailing the following, broken down by Federal judicial district:

(1)With respect to each category of persons prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law from receiving or possessing a firearm who are so denied a firearm—

(A)the number of denials;

(B)the number of denials referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;

(C)the number of denials for which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives determines that the person denied was not prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law from receiving or possessing a firearm;

(D)the number of denials overturned through the appeals process of the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901);

(E)the number of denials with respect to which an investigation was opened by a field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;

(F)the number of persons charged with a Federal criminal offense in connection with a denial; and

(G)the number of convictions obtained by Federal authorities in connection with a denial.

(2)The number of background check notices reported pursuant to section 925B (including the number of the notices that would have been so reported but for section 925B(c)).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–103, which was approved Mar. 15, 2022.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

§925C Annual Report to Congress