,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #accg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4      
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mrs4 ,boxer1 
,mr4 ,reed1 and ,mr4 ,murphy7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to promote  
the tracing of firearms used in crimes1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,crime ,gun ,tracing ,act of #bjac4  #b4
 ,definition ,section #agji of the      
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgif;dd-#h7 is amended by--  7#a7      
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 through   
7#d7 as paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#e71   
respectively2 and  7#b7 inserting before
 paragraph 7#b71 as redesignated1 the   
following3  7#a7 ,bureau means the      
,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1          
,firearms1 and ,explosives4  4  #c4     

,incentives for tracing firearms used in
 crimes ,section #agja of the ,omnibus  
,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act 
of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgif;dd7 is    
amended by striking subsection 7c7 and  
inserting the following3  7c7           
,preferential consideration of          
applications for certain grants ,in     
awarding grants under this part1 the    
,attorney ,general1 where feasible--    
7#a7 may give preferential consideration
 to an application for hiring and       
rehiring additional career law          
enforcement officers that involves a    
non-,federal contribution exceeding the 
#be-percent minimum under subsection    
7g72 and  7#b7 shall give preferential  
consideration to an application         
submitted by an applicant that has      
reported all firearms recovered during  
the previous #ab months by the applicant
 at a crime scene or during the course  
of a criminal investigation to the      
,bureau for the purpose of tracing1 or  
to a ,state agency that reports such    

firearms to the ,bureau for the purpose 
of tracing4  4  #d4 ,reporting of       
firearm tracing by applicants for       
,community ,oriented ,policing ,services
 grants ,section #agjb7;c7 of the       
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgif;dd-#a7;c77 is amended--  7#a7 in  
paragraph 7#aj71 by striking and at the 
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#aa71 by       
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#ab7 specify-- 
7,a7 whether the applicant recovered any
 firearms at a crime scene or during the
 course of a criminal investigation     
during the #ab months before the        
submission of the application2  7,b7 the
 number of firearms described in        
subparagraph 7,a72  7,c7 the number of  
firearms described in subparagraph 7,a7 
that were reported to the ,bureau for   
tracing1 or to a ,state agency that     
reports such firearms to the ,bureau for
 tracing2 and  7,d7 the reason why any  

firearms described under subparagraph   
7,a7 were not reported to the ,bureau   
for tracing1 or to a ,state agency that 
reports such firearms to the ,bureau for
 tracing4  4