18 U.S.C. § 925C

Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)

Section 925C - Annual report to Congress

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report detailing the following, broken down by Federal judicial district:

(1) With respect to each category of persons prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law from receiving or possessing a firearm who are so denied a firearm-

(A) the number of denials;

(B) the number of denials referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;

(C) the number of denials for which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives determines that the person denied was not prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law from receiving or possessing a firearm;

(D) the number of denials overturned through the appeals process of the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901);

(E) the number of denials with respect to which an investigation was opened by a field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;

(F) the number of persons charged with a Federal criminal offense in connection with a denial; and

(G) the number of convictions obtained by Federal authorities in connection with a denial.

(2) The number of background check notices reported pursuant to section 925B (including the number of the notices that would have been so reported but for section 925B(c)).

18 U.S.C. § 925C

Added Pub. L. 117-103, §1102, 136 Stat. 920.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117-103, which was approved Mar. 15, 2022.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESection not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117-103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Attorney General

The term "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the United States 1

firearm

The term "firearm" means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.

handgun

The term "handgun" means-(A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and(B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.

person

The term "person" and the term "whoever" include any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company.