Bill > S2135

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Fix NICS Act of 2017 This bill amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require each federal agency and department, including a federal court, to: certify whether it has provided to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) disqualifying records of persons prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm, and establish and substantially comply with an implementation plan to maximize record submissions and verify their accuracy. The bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a state implementation plan, including benchmarks, to maximize the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records to the NICS; waive the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) for a state that complies with its implementation plan; reauthorize through FY2022 the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP); establish, as a priority area for NARIP grant funding, a domestic abuse and violence prevention initiative; and create a funding preference under the NARIP program for states that establish an implementation plan and use grant funds to upload felony conviction and domestic violence records. It amends the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to reauthorize through FY2022 the NCHIP program. If a state complies with its implementation plan, then the federal share of an NCHIP grant may exceed 90% of program costs.

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John Cornyn (R)*,  Lamar Alexander (R),  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Michael Bennet (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  Cory Booker (D),  John Boozman (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Richard Burr (R),  Maria Cantwell (D),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Ben Cardin (D),  Tom Carper (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Thad Cochran (R),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Bob Corker (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Joe Donnelly (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Joni Ernst (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Deb Fischer (R),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Lindsey Graham (R),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Kamala Harris (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Orrin Hatch (R),  Martin Heinrich (D),  Heidi Heitkamp (D),  Dean Heller (R),  John Hoeven (R),  James Inhofe (R),  Johnny Isakson (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Doug Jones (D),  Tim Kaine (D),  Angus King (I),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  James Lankford (R),  Patrick Leahy (D),  Joe Manchin (I),  Ed Markey (D),  John McCain (R),  Claire McCaskill (D),  Mitch McConnell (R),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Chris Murphy (D),  Bill Nelson (D),  Gary Peters (D),  Rob Portman (R),  Jack Reed (D),  Pat Roberts (R),  Marco Rubio (R),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Brian Schatz (D),  Chuck Schumer (D),  Tim Scott (R),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Tina Smith (D),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  John Thune (R),  Thom Tillis (R),  Pat Toomey (R),  Tom Udall (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Mark Warner (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Ron Wyden (D),  Todd Young (R), 

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. (on 03/14/2018)

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