[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
        Murphy, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Boxer):
  S. 1529. A bill to promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, 
and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1529

       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 ``Crime Gun Tracing Act of 
     2015''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

       Section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-8) is amended by--
       (1) redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs 
     (2) through (5), respectively; and
       (2) inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
     following:
       ``(1) `Bureau' means the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
     Firearms, and Explosives.''.

     SEC. 3. INCENTIVES FOR TRACING FIREARMS USED IN CRIMES.

       Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended by striking 
     subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Preferential Consideration of Applications for 
     Certain Grants.--In awarding grants under this part, the 
     Attorney General, where feasible--
       ``(1) may give preferential consideration to an application 
     for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement 
     officers that involves a non-Federal contribution exceeding 
     the 25-percent minimum under subsection (g); and
       ``(2) shall give preferential consideration to an 
     application submitted by an applicant that has reported all 
     firearms recovered during the previous 12 months by the 
     applicant at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal 
     investigation to the Bureau for the purpose of tracing, or to 
     a State agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau for 
     the purpose of tracing.''.

     SEC. 4. REPORTING OF FIREARM TRACING BY APPLICANTS FOR 
                   COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES GRANTS.

       Section 1702(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-1(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(12) specify--
       ``(A) whether the applicant recovered any firearms at a 
     crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation 
     during the 12 months before the submission of the 
     application;
       ``(B) the number of firearms described in subparagraph (A);
       ``(C) the number of firearms described in subparagraph (A) 
     that were reported to the Bureau for tracing, or to a State 
     agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau for tracing; 
     and
       ``(D) the reason why any firearms described under 
     subparagraph (A) were not reported to the Bureau for tracing, 
     or to a State agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau 
     for tracing.''.
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