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Sec. 3 · H.R. 1740

Annual reports on default firearm transfers

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(a) In general Within 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall make accessible to the public a written report on— (1) the number of firearms transferred as described in section 922(t)(7) of title 18, United States Code, during the period covered by the report, disaggregated by State; (2) the number of the firearms described in paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to which the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act completed the background check; (3) of the number described by paragraph (2) of this subsection— (A) the number with respect to which the system provided the unique identification number under subparagraph (B)(i) or (C)(i) of section 922(t)(1) of such title; (B) the number with respect to which information available to the system demonstrated that transfer of a firearm to, or receipt of a firearm by, the transferee would violate subsection (d), (g), or (n) of section 922 of such title or State, local, or tribal law; and (C) in each case described by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the reason for indicating that the receipt would be a violation referred to in such subparagraph (B), including any specific prohibiting criteria that would bar the transferee from receipt of a firearm or a licensee from transferring a firearm; (4) of the number described by paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection, the number of firearms that were retrieved from the transferee, and the number of firearms that were not retrieved from the transferee, with each number disaggregated by the field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the State involved; (5) in the case of the first report under this section, the number of requests for criminal background checks received by the system in the preceding 5 years the records of which were purged from the system without resolution; and (6) the number of licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, or licensed dealers who transferred firearms as described in section 922(t)(7) of such title during the period covered by the report, disaggregated by the State of sale. (b) In general Within 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall make accessible to the public a written report on— (1) the average time between receipt and recovery of a firearm transferred as described in section 922(t)(7) of title 18, United States Code, during the period covered by the report, where the transfer to, or receipt by, the transferee violated subsection (d), (g), or (n) of section 922 of such title or State, local, or tribal law; (2) the number of firearms transferred as described in such section 922(t)(7) during the period covered by the report, that were recovered as part of a criminal investigation, where receipt by the transferee violated such subsection (d), (g), or (n) or State, local, or tribal law, disaggregated by State; and (3) of the number described by paragraph (2) of this subsection— (A) the total number of firearms that were recovered by law enforcement in States other than the State the firearm was transferred by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer as described in such section 922(t); and (B) the information outlined in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, disaggregated by— (i) the State where the firearm was recovered; and (ii) the State where the firearm was transferred as described in such section 922(t). (c) Rule of interpretation A report under subsection (a) shall be considered an annual statistical report and statistical aggregate data for purposes of the sixth proviso under the heading Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—salaries and expenses in the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of division B of Public Law 112–55).