[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-4621]


[Federal Register: February 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of the Attorney General
[AG Order No. 1853-94]


Designation of the National Crime Information Center Under the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under section 102(a)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence 
Prevention Act, Public Law 103-159, Title I, 107 Stat. 1536 (to be 
codified at 18 U.S.C. 922(s)(2)), the Attorney General is required to 
designate a national system to be used by law enforcement for criminal 
history record background checks. Under this section the chief law 
enforcement officer of the place of residence of a handgun transferee 
must make a reasonable effort to ascertain within 5 business days 
whether receipt or possession of a handgun by the prospective 
transferee would be in violation of the law, including research in 
whatever State and local recordkeeping systems are available and in a 
national system designated by the Attorney General.
    This notice by the Attorney General designates the National Crime 
Information Center (NCIC) as the national system.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This designation is effective on February 24, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Virgil L. Young, Jr., Chief, Programs Development Section, Criminal 
Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
room 9939, 10th and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC 20537-
9700, (202) 324-5084.

Notice of Designation of the National Crime Information Center

    By the authority vested in me as Attorney General under section 
102(a)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act, (to be codified 
at 18 U.S.C. 922(s)(2)), I hereby designate the National Crime 
Information Center (NCIC) as the national system to be used by law 
enforcement for crime history record background checks under the 
interim provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the 
``Act'').
    The prescribed use of the NCIC under the Act will require two 
inquiries. One inquiry will be an NCIC Persons inquiry, which will 
furnish matching records on all fugitives listed in NCIC, including 
foreign fugitives, as well as those individuals listed in the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Violent Felon File. The second inquiry 
will be to the Interstate Identification Index, which will furnish 
automated criminal history records available through NCIC.

    Dated: February 24, 1994.
Janet Reno,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 94-4621 Filed 2-24-94; 4:29 pm]
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