US Congress House Bill 4434 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Fix NICS Act of 2017

Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-11-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-11-16	House	Introduced in House

SB2135 (Same As) 2018-03-14 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
HB4477 (Related) 2017-12-05 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
HB38 (Related) 2017-12-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB1625 (Related) 2018-03-23 - Became Public Law No: 115-141.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4434/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4434/BILLS-115hr4434ih.pdf