,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hibi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,schneider 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,quigley1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 and ,mr4       
,deutch7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve  
the procedures of the national instant  
criminal background check system in the 
case of firearm transfers by federally  
licensed firearms importers1            
manufacturers1 and dealers before the   
completion of the related criminal      
background check1 and to provide for    
annual reports on default firearm       
transfers4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,default ,proceed   
,sale ,transparency ,act4  #b4          
,improvement of ,,nics procedures in the
 case of default firearm transfers  7a7 
,requirement that federally licensed    
firearm importers1 manufacturers1 and   
dealers report default firearm transfers
  7#a7 ,in general ,section #ibb7t7 of  

title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#g7 ,a licensed importer1  
licensed manufacturer1 or licensed      
dealer who transfers a firearm in       
compliance with paragraph 7#a71 but     
before the national instant criminal    
background check system provides the    
licensee with a unique identification   
number1 shall report the transfer to the
 ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation     
within #bd hours4 ,if a ,state or local 
law enforcement authority is conducting 
the related background check1 the       
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation shall
 transmit the report to that authority4 
4  7#b7 ,creation of online portal and  
telephone hotline ,within #ahj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall      
create an online portal and telephone   
hotline1 that are to be used exclusively
 for the purpose of reporting sufficient
 information to allow the ,federal      
,bureau of ,investigation to prioritize 

background checks in accordance with    
section #djija7;j7 of title #cd1 ,united
 ,states ,code4  7b7 ,prioritization of 
,,nics background checks relating to    
default firearm transfers ,section #ajc 
of the ,brady ,handgun ,violence        
,prevention ,act 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #djija7 
is amended by redesignating subsections 
7j7 and 7k7 as subsections 7k7 and 7l7  
and inserting after subsection 7i7 the  
following3  7j7 ,prioritization of      
background checks related to default    
firearm transfers ,in the case of a     
transfer referred to in section         
#ibb7t77#g7 of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 the system established   
under this section shall give priority  
to completing the background check      
relating to the transfer4  4  7c7       
,prohibition on destruction of records  
relating to firearm transfer before     
completion of background check ,section 
#ajc of the ,brady ,handgun ,violence   
,prevention ,act 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #djija71
 as amended by subsection 7b77#a7 of    

this section1 is amended by             
redesignating subsections 7k7 and 7l7 as
 subsections 7l7 and 7m7 and inserting  
after subsection 7j7 the following3  7k7
 ,prohibition on destruction of records 
relating to firearm transfer before     
completion of related background check  
,the system established under this      
section may not destroy any records of  
the system relating to a proposed or    
completed firearm transfer1 before      
completion of the criminal background   
check with respect to the prospective or
 actual transferee4  4  #c4 ,annual     
reports on default firearm transfers    
7a7 ,in general ,within #cjj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and annually thereafter1 the ,director  
of the ,federal ,bureau of              
,investigation shall make accessible to 
the public a written report on-- 7#a7   
the number of firearms transferred as   
described in section #ibb7t77#g7 of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 during
 the period covered by the report1      

disaggregated by ,state2  7#b7 the      
number of the firearms described in     
paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection with  
respect to which the national instant   
criminal background check system        
established under section #ajc of the   
,brady ,handgun ,violence ,prevention   
,act completed the background check2    
7#c7 of the number described by         
paragraph 7#b7 of this subsection-- 7,a7
 the number with respect to which the   
system provided the unique              
identification number under section     
#ibb7t77#a77;,b77i7 of such title2 and  
7,b7 the number with respect to which   
information available to the system     
demonstrated that receipt of a firearm  
by the transferee would violate         
subsection 7g7 or 7n7 of section #ibb of
 such title or ,state law2 and  7,c7 in 
each case described by subparagraph 7,b7
 of this paragraph1 the reason for      
indicating that the receipt would be a  
violation referred to in such           
subparagraph 7,b71 including any        

specific prohibiting criteria that would
 bar the transferee from receipt of a   
firearm2  7#d7 of the number described  
by paragraph 7#c77;,b7 of this          
subsection1 the number of firearms that 
were retrieved from the transferee1 and 
the number of firearms that were not    
retrieved from the transferee1 with each
 number broken down by the field        
division of the ,bureau of ,alcohol1    
,tobacco1 ,firearms1 and ,explosives and
 the ,state involved2  7#e7 in the case 
of the first report under this section1 
the number of requests for criminal     
background checks received by the system
 in the preceding #e years the records  
of which were purged from the system    
without resolution2 and  7#f7 the number
 of licensed importers1 licensed        
manufacturers1 or licensed dealers who  
transferred firearms as described in    
section #ibb7t77#g7 of such title during
 the period covered by the report1      
disaggregated by the ,state of sale4    
7b7 ,in general ,within #cjj days after 

the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and annually thereafter1 the ,director  
of the ,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1   
,firearms1 and ,explosives shall make   
accessible to the public a written      
report on-- 7#a7 the average time       
between receipt and recovery of a       
firearm transferred as described in     
section #ibb7t77#g7 of title #ah1       
,united ,states ,code1 during the period
 covered by the report1 where receipt by
 the transferee violated subsection 7g7 
or 7n7 of section #ibb of such title or 
,state law2  7#b7 the number of firearms
 transferred as described in such       
section #ibb7t77#g7 during the period   
covered by the report1 that were        
recovered as part of a criminal         
investigation1 where receipt by the     
transferee violated such subsection 7g7 
or 7n7 or ,state law1 disaggregated by  
,state2 and  7#c7 of the number         
described by paragraph 7#b7 of this     
subsection-- 7,a7 the total number of   
firearms that were recovered by law     

enforcement in ,states other than the   
,state the firearm was transferred by a 
licensed importer1 licensed             
manufacturer1 or licensed dealer as     
described in such section #ibb7t72 and  
7,b7 the information outlined in        
subparagraph 7,a7 of this paragraph1    
disaggregated by-- 7i7 the ,state where 
the firearm was recovered2 and  7ii7 the
 ,state where the firearm was           
transferred as described in such section
 #ibb7t74  7c7 ,rule of interpretation  
,a report under subsection 7a7 shall be 
considered an annual statistical report 
and statistical aggregate data for      
purposes of the sixth proviso under the 
heading ,bureau of ,alcohol1 ,tobacco1  
,firearms and ,explosives--salaries and 
expenses in the ,department of ,justice 
,appropriations ,act1 #bjab 7title ,,ii 
of division ,b of ,public ,law #aab-ee74