[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1099-S1100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4405. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. RESPONSIBLE RETIREMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREARMS
ACT OF 2025.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Responsible Retirement of Law Enforcement Firearms Act of
2026'' or the ``RRLEF Act of 2026''.
(b) 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 2026.''; 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
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list under section 2(b)(2) of the RRLEF Act of 2026, 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.''.
(c) 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).
(d) 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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