,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjbj ,ms4
 ,dean introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish
 a grant program through the ,department
 of ,justice to incentivize ,states to  
establish point-of-contact systems for  
firearm sales subject to a background   
check1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,background ,check ,point of        
,contact ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,grants    
established  7a7 ,in general  7#a7      
,establishment ,the ,attorney ,general  
may make an annual grant of not more    
than #a1jjj1jjj to each eligible ,state 
that has conformed to the requirements  
of this ,act4 ,such grant may be renewed
 for each year that the ,state remains  
in such conformity4 ,the grant shall be 
used for the establishment1 operation1  
and maintenance of a point-of-contact   
system as set forth in section #c4  7#b7

 ,authorization of appropriations ,there
 are authorized to carry out this       
program not more than #aj1jjj1jjj each  
fiscal year4  7#c7 ,matching requirement
 ,the ,federal share of the cost of a   
point-of-contact system carried out     
using grant funds may not exceed #be    
percent4  7b7 ,preference for other     
grants ,the ,attorney ,general shall    
give preference in awards of any        
discretionary grant administered by the 
,bureau of ,justice ,assistance to a    
,state that has conformed its laws in   
accordance with this ,act4  #c4         
,point-of-contact systems required ,to  
be in compliance with this section1 a   
,state shall conform its laws to the    
following3  7#a7 ,a point-of-contact    
system for the sale or transfer of a    
firearm shall be established or         
maintained1 under which a person        
licensed under section #ibc of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 may verify  
that the sale or transfer would be      
lawful4  7#b7 ,a sale or transfer of a  

firearm may not be completed unless the 
parties to the sale or transfer receive 
an approval number issued by the        
point-of-contact system not later than  
#aj days after the sale or transfer is  
initiated4  7#c7 ,the point-of-contact  
system may not issue an approval number 
if the system cannot confirm that the   
sale or transfer would be lawful4  7#d7 
,a hotline shall be established1 to be  
operated by the ,state1 to be used by a 
person licensed under section #ibc of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 for   
purposes of contacting the national     
instant criminal background check       
system4  7#e7 ,a fund shall be          
established by the ,state for the       
operation of the point-of-contact       
system4  7#f7 ,an appeals process in the
 case of any failure by the             
point-of-contact system to issue an     
approval number1 with the burden of     
proof on the ,state to prove that there 
was a valid basis for failure to issue  
shall be established4  7#g7 ,for each   

denial1 the information will be         
transferred to the state or local law   
enforcement agency responsible for      
investigating the denial as a violation 
of law4  #d4 ,reporting requirement ,to 
be in compliance with this section1 a   
,state that receives a grant under this 
,act shall publish an annual report that
 contains information substantially     
similar to the information included in a
 ,,nics operations report made by the   
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation and additionally includes
 the following3  7#a7 ,the number of    
investigations resulting from failures  
to issue approval numbers4  7#b7        
,results of investigations reported4    
7#c7 ,denied appeals that were          
overturned4  7#d7 ,total number of hours
 where point of contact system was not  
functional resulting in a halt in       
processing checks4  7#e7 ,the number of 
persons arrestsed as a result of an     
information transfer under section      
#c7g74  #e4 ,annual audit ,to be in     

compliance with this section1 a ,state  
shall submit to an annual audit by the  
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation of the point-of-contact  
system established under section #c4    
#f4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,the term firearm has the meaning given 
such term in section #iba of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the terms 
law enforcement agency and unit of local
 government have the meanings given such
 terms in section #ija of the ,omnibus  
,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act 
of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbea74  7#c7  
,the term ,state includes each of the   
several ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto 
,rico1 and any other territory of the   
,united ,states4