18 U.S.C. § 925D — Special assistant U.S. attorneys and

Page 262 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 925D 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Attorney General’s’’. established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901); (E) the number of denials with respect to which an investigation was opened by a field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; (F) the number of persons charged with a Federal criminal offense in connection with a denial; and (G) the number of convictions obtained by Federal authorities in connection with a de- nial. (2) The number of background check notices reported pursuant to section 925B (including the number of the notices that would have been so reported but for section 925B(c)). (Added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XI, § 1102(a), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 920.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–103, which was approved Mar. 15, 2022. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. § 925D. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the en- forcement of paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 922(g), the Attorney General may— (1) appoint, in accordance with section 543 of title 28, qualified State, Tribal, territorial and local prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the United States government to serve as special assistant United States attor- neys for the purpose of prosecuting violations of such paragraphs; and (2) deputize State, Tribal, territorial and local law enforcement officers for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex- plosives in responding to and investigating violations of such paragraphs. (b) IMPROVE INTIMATE PARTNER AND PUBLIC SAFETY.—The Attorney General shall— (1) identify not fewer than 75 jurisdictions among States, territories and Tribes where there are high rates of firearms violence and threats of firearms violence against intimate partners and other persons protected under paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 922(g) and where local authorities lack the resources to address such violence; (2) make such appointments as described in subsection (a) in jurisdictions where enhanced enforcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce firearms homicide and injury rates; and (3) establish, in order to receive and expedite requests for assistance from State, Tribal, ter- ritorial, and local law enforcement agencies responding to intimate partner violence cases where such agencies have probable cause to believe that the offenders may be in violation of such paragraphs, points of contact within— (A) each Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and (B) each District Office of the United States Attorneys. (c) QUALIFIED DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified’’ means, with re- spect to an attorney, that the attorney is a li- censed attorney in good standing with any rel- evant licensing authority. (Added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XI, § 1103(a), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 921.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. § 926. Rules and regulations (a) The Attorney General may prescribe only such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, includ- ing— (1) regulations providing that a person li- censed under this chapter, when dealing with another person so licensed, shall provide such other licensed person a certified copy of this license; (2) regulations providing for the issuance, at a reasonable cost, to a person licensed under this chapter, of certified copies of his license for use as provided under regulations issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and (3) regulations providing for effective receipt and secure storage of firearms relinquished by or seized from persons described in subsection (d)(8) or (g)(8) of section 922. No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act may require that records re- quired to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dis- positions be established. Nothing in this section expands or restricts the Secretary’s 1 authority to inquire into the disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal investigation. (b) The Attorney General shall give not less than ninety days public notice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity for hearing, be- fore prescribing such rules and regulations. (c) The Attorney General shall not prescribe rules or regulations that require purchasers of black powder under the exemption provided in section 845(a)(5) of this title to complete affida- vits or forms attesting to that exemption.