To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Environment, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H82C4C3C6E78F419FB88B0A974A4865EE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2023.
- Section H7D728742C62A4BA2B11E3C056E3DF1C7: 2. Grants established The Attorney General may make an annual grant of not more than $1,000,000 to each eligible State that has conformed to the requirements...
- Section H5926D0018FB14361A47535FD6E5D1740: 3. Point-of-contact systems required To be in compliance with this section, a State shall conform its laws to the following: A point-of-contact system for the...
- Section H9A963C4F9F4C4101B83DF39379CAF70B: 4. Reporting requirement To be in compliance with this section, a State that receives a grant under this Act shall publish an annual report that contains...
- Section HB6501D96D227450884018C0DFB15C0D5: 5. Annual audit To be in compliance with this section, a State shall submit to an annual audit by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Environment, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Dean of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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