119-HR5453

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5453

1. Short title
2. Eligibility under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program

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".

2. Eligibility under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program

(a) Certification requirement - Section 502 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.

(2) Definitions - 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, respectively, 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 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 the 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 (34 U.S.C. 10153(c))).

(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 under the heading “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses” 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; 125 Stat. 609–610) is amended by striking "and in each fiscal year thereafter".

(2) Public Law 111–117 - The 6th proviso under the heading “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses” in title II of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3128–3129) 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 under the heading “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses” in title II of division B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 574–576) 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 under the heading “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses” in title II of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1903–1904) 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 under the heading “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Expenses” 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; 119 Stat. 2295–2296) 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 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; 118 Stat. 2859) 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 under the heading "General Provisions" in title VI of division J of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2003 (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 473) is amended by striking "with respect to any fiscal year" and inserting "with respect to fiscal year 2003".