I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4600 To increase reporting of domestic violence records, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 4, 2019 Miss RICE of New York (for herself and Mr. TURNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To increase reporting of domestic violence records, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Violence 4 Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. NARIP FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RE- 6 PORTING. 7 (a) IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE TO STATES.— 8 Section 103(c) of the NICS Improvement Amendments 9 Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) is amended— 10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:22 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4600.IH H4600 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4600 IH (2) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General shall 2 waive the requirement of a relief from disabilities 3 program for any State to receive a grant under this 4 section if the primary purpose of the grant is to im- 5 prove the accessibility through the National Instant 6 Criminal Background Check System of the records 7 described in clauses (i), (v), and (vi) of section 8 102(b)(1)(C).’’. 9 (b) DISPOSITION RECORDS AUTOMATION AND 10 TRANSMITTAL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—Section 301(d) 11 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 12 U.S.C. 40941) is amended— 13 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; and 14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General shall 16 waive the requirement of a relief from disabilities 17 program for any State to receive a grant under this 18 section if the primary purpose of the grant is to im- 19 prove the accessibility through the National Instant 20 Criminal Background Check System of the records 21 described in clauses (i), (v), and (vi) of section 22 102(b)(1)(C).’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:22 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4600.IH H4600 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS