Legislative Policy Committee
June 28, 2022

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938)
*Signed into law on June 25, 2022
• Enhanced National Instant Criminal Background Check System background checks for people under 21 years of age
• Adding implementation of “red flag laws,” mental health courts, drug courts, veterans’ courts to the eligible uses of the Justice Department Byrne Formula Grant Program
• Clarifies definition of “federally licensed firearms dealer” • Civil and criminal penalties for straw purchase and trafficking of firearms
• Adding “a person who has a current or recent former dating relationship with the victim” to the categories of persons not allowed to purchase a gun for five years (“boyfriend loophole”) New Programmatic Funding:
• $100 million for the FBI to provide additional resources for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
• $1.4 billion over five year for state and local law enforcement assistance • $800 million over five years for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration programs at HHS
• $190 million over five years for mental health training programs at HHS • $1 billion in additional School Improvement Program funding • $50 million for the 21st Century Learning Center Program (after school activities) • $1 billion over five years for school-based mental health programs What is NOT In the Bill
• Universal background checks
• Assault weapons ban
• Mandatory waiting periods for all gun sales
• A high-capacity magazine ban
• Mandatory safe storage requirements for homes
• Criminal penalties for negligent storage of firearms