[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2863 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2863
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with
respect to eligibility under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025
Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr.
Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with
respect to eligibility under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Retirement of Law
Enforcement Firearms Act of 2025'' or the ``RRLEF Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY UNDER EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Certification Requirement.--Section 502 of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(5)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) the applicant and each grantee or subgrantee
under the jurisdiction of the applicant shall not
transfer a firearm to, or purchase a firearm from, a
licensed dealer that is on the list of covered licensed
dealers most recently published at the time of
certification by the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives under section 2(b)(2)
of the RRLEF Act of 2025.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `covered licensed dealer' means a licensed
dealer with respect to whom, in not less than two of the three
calendar years prior to the publication of the list under
section 2(b)(2) of the RRLEF Act of 2025, the National Tracing
Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives has traced to the firearms business of such licensed
dealer, in such calendar years, not less than 25 firearms that
had a short time-to-crime;
``(2) the terms `licensed dealer' and `firearm' have the
meaning given such terms in section 921(a) of title 18, United
States Code; and
``(3) the term `short time-to-crime' means, a period of not
more than three calendar years between the date of the last
known retail sale of a firearm and the date on which a law
enforcement agency recovers such firearm as a result of such
firearm being purchased for, possessed during, or used in, an
actual or suspected criminal offense.''.
(b) Public Disclosure of Database Information of Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney
General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, shall--
(1) notify a State or local law enforcement agency if any
firearm (as such term is defined in section 921(a) of title 18,
United States Code) that was transferred by such agency was
used, or suspected of being used, in the commission of a
criminal offense, as traced by the National Tracing Center of
the Bureau; and
(2) make publicly available on the internet website of the
Bureau a list of each covered licensed dealer (as such term is
defined in section 502(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, as added by subsection (a) of this
section).
(c) Repeal of Certain Limitations on Public Disclosure of Database
Information of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.--
(1) Public law 112-55.--The 6th proviso in the matter under
the under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the
heading ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives''
in title II of division B of the Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public
Law 112-55) is amended by striking ``and in each fiscal year
thereafter''.
(2) Public law 111-117.--The 6th proviso in the matter
under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in
title II of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2010 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111-117) is amended by
striking ``beginning in fiscal year 2010 and thereafter'' and
inserting ``in fiscal year 2010''.
(3) Public law 111-8.--The 6th proviso in the matter under
the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in
title II of division B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
(18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111-8) is amended by striking
``beginning in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter'' and inserting
``in fiscal year 2009''.
(4) Public law 110-161.--The 6th proviso in the matter
under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in
title II of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2008 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 110-161) is amended by
striking ``beginning in fiscal year 2008 and thereafter'' and
inserting ``in fiscal year 2008''.
(5) Public law 109-108.--The 6th proviso in the matter
under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in
title I of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public
Law 109-108) is amended by striking ``with respect to any
fiscal year'' and inserting ``with respect to fiscal year
2006''.
(6) Public law 108-447.--The 6th proviso in the matter
under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in
title I of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2005 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 108-447) is amended by
striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and inserting
``with respect to fiscal year 2005''.
(7) Public law 108-7.--Section 644 of the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public
Law 108-7) is amended by striking ``with respect to any fiscal
year'' and inserting ``with respect to fiscal year 2003''.
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