,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dhj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #f1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,graham 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,begich1
 ,mr4 ,flake1 ,mr4 ,pryor1 and ,mr4     
,heller7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to improve the effectiveness of the  
,national ,instant ,criminal ,background
 ,check ,system by clarifying reporting 
requirements related to adjudications of
 mental incompetency1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,nics ,reporting   
,improvement ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,definitions relating to mental health  
7a7 ,title #ah definitions ,chapter #dd 
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 in section #iba7;a71 by 
adding at the end the following3  7#cf7 
7,a7 ,subject to subparagraph 7,b71 the 
term has been adjudicated mentally      
incompetent or has been committed to a  
psychiatric hospital1 with respect to a 

person--  7i7 means the person is the   
subject of an order or finding by a     
judicial officer1 court1 board1         
commission1 or other adjudicative body--
  7,i7 that was issued after a hearing--
  7aa7 of which the person received     
actual notice2 and  7bb7 at which the   
person had an opportunity to participate
 with counsel2 and  7,,ii7 that found   
that the person1 as a result of marked  
subnormal intelligence1 mental          
impairment1 or mental illness--  7aa7   
was an imminent danger to himself or to 
others2  7bb7 was guilty but mentally   
ill in a criminal case2  7cc7 was not   
guilty in a criminal case by reason of  
insanity or mental disease or defect2   
7dd7 was incompetent to stand trial in a
 criminal case2  7ee7 was not guilty    
only by reason of lack of mental        
responsibility under section #hej;a of  
title #aj 7article #ej;a of the ,uniform
 ,code of ,military ,justice72  7ff7    
required involuntary inpatient treatment
 by a psychiatric hospital2  7gg7       

required involuntary outpatient         
treatment by a psychiatric hospital     
based on a finding that the person is an
 imminent danger to himself or to       
others2 or  7hh7 required involuntary   
commitment to a psychiatric hospital for
 any reason1 including drug use2 and    
7ii7 does not include--  7,i7 a person  
who is in a psychiatric hospital for    
observation2 or  7,,ii7 a voluntary     
admission to a psychiatric hospital4    
7,b7 ,in this paragraph1 the term order 
or finding does not include--  7i7 an   
order or finding that--  7,i7 has       
expired or has been set aside or        
expunged2 or  7,,ii7 requires treatment1
 supervision1 or monitoring of a person1
 from which treatment1 supervision1 or  
monitoring the person has been fully    
released or discharged2  7ii7 an order  
or finding that is no longer applicable 
because a judicial officer1 court1      
board1 commission1 or other adjudicative
 body has found that the person who is  
the subject of the order or finding--   

7,i7 does not present a danger to       
himself or to others2  7,,ii7 has been  
restored to sanity or cured of mental   
disease or defect2  7,,iii7 has been    
restored to competency2 or  7,,iv7 no   
longer requires involuntary inpatient or
 outpatient treatment by1 or involuntary
 commitment to1 a psychiatric hospital2 
or  7iii7 an order or finding with      
respect to which the person who is      
subject to the order or finding has been
 found to be rehabilitated or has been  
granted relief from disabilities through
 any procedure available under the law  
of the jurisdiction in which the order  
or finding was issued4  7#cg7 ,the term 
psychiatric hospital includes a mental  
health facility1 a mental hospital1 a   
sanitarium1 a psychiatric facility1 and 
any other facility that provides        
diagnoses by licensed professionals of  
mental retardation or mental illness1   
including a psychiatric ward in a       
general hospital4  2 and  7#b7 in       
section #ibb--  7,a7 in subsection      

7d77#d7--  7i7 by striking as a mental  
defective and inserting mentally        
incompetent2 and  7ii7 by striking any  
mental institution and inserting a      
psychiatric hospital2 and  7,b7 in      
subsection 7g77#d7--  7i7 by striking as
 a mental defective or who has and      
inserting mentally incompetent or has2  
and  7ii7 by striking mental institution
 and inserting psychiatric hospital4    
7b7 ,technical and conforming amendment 
,the ,,nics ,improvement ,amendments    
,act of #bjjg 7#ah ,u4,s4,c4 #ibb note7 
is amended--  7#a7 by striking as a     
mental defective each place that term   
appears and inserting mentally          
incompetent2  7#b7 by striking mental   
institution each place that term appears
 and inserting psychiatric hospital2 and
  7#c7 in section #ajb7;c77#c7--  7,a7  
in the paragraph heading1 by striking as
 a mental defective or committed to a   
mental institution and inserting        
mentally incompetent or committed to a  
psychiatric hospital2 and  7,b7 by      

striking mental institutions and        
inserting psychiatric hospitals4