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§40931 Continuing Evaluations

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— Criminal Records and Information › Chapter 409— NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM › Subchapter II— FOCUSING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF RELEVANT RECORDS › § 40931

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics must study and evaluate how the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) works, including the records and operations of the agencies that support it. By January 31 each year the Director must send Congress a report with the estimates the States provided, and must also send Congress and each State in the National Criminal History Improvement Program a report on State practices the Director finds to be best for collecting, keeping, automating, and sending information used to decide if someone is barred from possessing or receiving a firearm and other NICS-related records. Funds as needed were authorized for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to complete these studies, evaluations, and reports.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §40931

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(a)The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (referred to in this section as the “Director”) shall study and evaluate the operations of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Such study and evaluation shall include compilations and analyses of the operations and record systems of the agencies and organizations necessary to support such System.
(b)Not later than January 31 of each year, the Director shall submit to Congress a report containing the estimates submitted by the States under section 40912(b) of this title.
(c)Not later than January 31 of each year, the Director shall submit to Congress, and to each State participating in the National Criminal History Improvement Program, a report of the practices of the States regarding the collection, maintenance, automation, and transmittal of information relevant to determining whether a person is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm by Federal or State law, by the State or any other agency, or any other records relevant to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, that the Director considers to be best practices.
(d)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to complete the studies, evaluations, and reports required under this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified in a note under section 922 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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34 U.S.C. § 40931

Title 34 — Navy

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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