Sec. 601. Reports relating to submission of information to NICS
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Section 201 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 ( 34 U.S.C. 40931 ) is amended— by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: Not later than January 31 of each year, the Director shall submit to Congress a report containing the number of persons reported by each State to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System who are prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under section 922(g)(9) of title 18, United States Code. ; by redesignating subsection
(d)as (e); and by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Safer Communities Act of 2019, and annually thereafter, 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 that the Director considers to be promising practices. For purposes of this subsection, the term promising practice means a program, activity, or strategy of a State 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 determines— has been used by a State or other agency to successfully increase or expand its ability to collect, maintain, automate, and transmit the information described in the matter preceding this subparagraph; shows promise in its early stages of becoming a best practice under subsection (c), with long-term sustainable impact; and may be replicated by other States or agencies. .
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