,i #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #dghf ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #ab1 #bjah,mr4 ,meeks 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 and ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to require ,state and local law enforcement agencies to promptly report the loss or theft of any firearm to the ,national ,tracing ,center1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,protecting ,communities from ,lost or ,stolen ,law ,enforcement ,weapons ,act of #bjag4 #b4 ,requirement to report loss or theft of firearm ,a law described in this section is a law of a ,state that requires a ,state or local law enforcement officer1 if that ,state or local law enforcement officer carries a firearm in the performance of or otherwise has custody of a firearm in the course of his or her duties1 and that ,state or local law enforcement officer determines that such firearm has been lost or stolen1 to report the loss or theft immediately to that officer's supervising officer1 and requires the ,state or local law enforcement agency that employs the officer to report such loss or theft1 not later than #dh hours after the report of the officer1 to the ,national ,tracing ,center of the ,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1 and ,firearms of the ,department of ,justice4 #c4 ,priority for ,,cops ,grants ,section #agja7;c7 of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b77;,c71 by striking or at the end2 7#b7 in paragraph 7#c77;,b71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 or2 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following3 7#d7 from an applicant in a ,state that has in effect a law that is described in section #b of the ,protecting ,communities from ,lost or ,stolen ,law ,enforcement ,weapons ,act of #bjag4 4