H.R. 5453

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5453 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5453

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with 
respect to eligibility under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 18, 2025

Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
Magaziner, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
Goldman of New York, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, 
Ms. Norton, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Casten) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with 
respect to eligibility under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Retirement of Law 
Enforcement Firearms Act of 2025'' or the ``RRLEF Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY UNDER EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) Certification Requirement.--Section 502 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(5)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) the applicant, and each grantee or subgrantee 
under the jurisdiction of the applicant, shall not 
transfer a firearm to, or purchase a firearm from, a 
licensed dealer that is on the list of covered licensed 
dealers most recently published at the time of 
certification by the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives under section 2(b)(2) 
of the RRLEF Act of 2025.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `covered licensed dealer' means a licensed 
dealer with respect to whom, in not less than two of the three 
calendar years prior to the publication of the list under 
section 2(b)(2) of the RRLEF Act of 2025, the National Tracing 
Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives has traced to the firearms business of such licensed 
dealer, in such calendar years, not less than 25 firearms that 
had a short time-to-crime;
``(2) the terms `licensed dealer' and `firearm' have the 
meaning given such terms, respectively, in section 921(a) of 
title 18, United States Code; and
``(3) the term `short time-to-crime' means, a period of not 
more than three calendar years between the date of the last 
known retail sale of a firearm and the date a law enforcement 
agency recovers such firearm as a result of such firearm being 
purchased for, possessed during, or used in, an actual or 
suspected criminal offense.''.
(b) Public Disclosure of Database Information of Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.--Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall--
(1) notify a State or local law enforcement agency if any 
firearm (as such term is defined in section 921(a) of title 18, 
United States Code) that was transferred by such agency was 
used, or suspected of being used, in the commission of a 
criminal offense, as traced by the National Tracing Center of 
the Bureau; and
(2) make publicly available on the internet website of the 
Bureau a list of each covered licensed dealer (as such term is 
defined in section 502(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(c))).
(c) Repeal of Certain Limitations on Public Disclosure of Database 
Information of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.--
(1) Public law 112-55.--The 6th proviso under the heading 
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries 
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Consolidated 
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 
note; Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 609-610) is amended by 
striking ``and in each fiscal year thereafter''.
(2) Public law 111-117.--The 6th proviso under the heading 
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries 
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111-
117; 123 Stat. 3128-3129) is amended by striking ``beginning in 
fiscal year 2010 and thereafter'' and inserting ``in fiscal 
year 2010''.
(3) Public law 111-8.--The 6th proviso under the heading 
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries 
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111-8; 
123 Stat. 574-576) is amended by striking ``beginning in fiscal 
year 2009 and thereafter'' and inserting ``in fiscal year 
2009''.
(4) Public law 110-161.--The 6th proviso under the heading 
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries 
and Expenses'' in title II of division B of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 110-
161; 121 Stat. 1903-1904) is amended by striking ``beginning in 
fiscal year 2008 and thereafter'' and inserting ``in fiscal 
year 2008''.
(5) Public law 109-108.--The 6th proviso under the heading 
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries 
and Expenses'' in title I of the Science, State, Justice, 
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (18 
U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 109-108; 119 Stat. 2295-2296) is 
amended by striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and 
inserting ``with respect to fiscal year 2006''.
(6) Public law 108-447.--The 6th proviso under the heading 
``Salaries and Expenses'' under the heading ``Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'' in title I of 
division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (18 
U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 2859) is amended 
by striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and inserting 
``with respect to fiscal year 2005''.
(7) Public law 108-7.--Section 644 under the heading 
``General Provisions'' in title VI of division J of the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2003 (5 
U.S.C. 552 note; Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 473) is amended by 
striking ``with respect to any fiscal year'' and inserting 
``with respect to fiscal year 2003''.
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