[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2769 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2769

  To authorize funding for National Instant Criminal Background Check 
                          System improvements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2000

Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Robb, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
Schumer, and Mr. Cleland) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize funding for National Instant Criminal Background Check 
                          System improvements.

    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 ``NICS Partnership Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Authorization for Reimbursement to States Serving as Points of 
Contact.--There are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2001, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $60,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2003, to the Department of Justice to directly reimburse 
States for the reasonable costs necessary to serve as points of contact 
for access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System 
established under Public Law 103-159.
    (b) Report on Reimbursement Formula for States Serving as Points of 
Contact.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on 
the appropriate formula for the direct reimbursement to States of the 
reasonable costs necessary to serve as points of contact for access to 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established under 
Public Law 103-159.
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