REAUTHORIZATION OF NICS ACT RECORD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 603. REAUTHORIZATION OF NICS ACT RECORD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) Requirements To Obtain Waiver.—Section 102 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40912) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— (A) by striking “the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 14601)” and inserting “section 102 of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (34 U.S.C. 40301)”; and (B) by inserting “is in compliance with an implementation plan established under subsection (b) or” before “provides at least 90 percent of the information described in subsection (c)”; and (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting “or has established an implementation plan under section 107” after “the Attorney General”. (b) Implementation Assistance to States.—Section 103 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “, including through increased efforts to pre-validate the contents of those records to expedite eligibility determinations”; (2) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking “and”; and (ii) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and $125,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022”; and (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following— “(2) Domestic abuse and violence prevention initiative.— “(A) Establishment.—For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney General shall create a priority area under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (commonly known as ‘NARIP’) for a Domestic Abuse and Violence Prevention Initiative that emphasizes the need for grantees to identify and upload all felony conviction records and domestic violence records. “(B) Funding.—The Attorney General— “(i) may use not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available under this subsection for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 to carry out the initiative described in subparagraph (A); and “(ii) shall give a funding preference under NARIP to States that— “(I) have established an implementation plan under section 107; and “(II) will use amounts made available under this subparagraph to improve efforts to identify and upload all felony conviction records and domestic violence records described in clauses (i), (v), and (vi) of section 102(b)(1)(C) by not later than September 30, 2022.” ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(g) Technical Assistance.—The Attorney General shall direct the Office of Justice Programs, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to— “(1) assist States that are not currently eligible for grants under this section to achieve compliance with all eligibility requirements; and “(2) provide technical assistance and training services to grantees under this section.” .