Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022-Criteria for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) Background Checks of Firearm Handlers

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice 28 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. FBI-159; AG Order No. 6099-2024] RIN 1110-AA35 AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The United States Department of Justice (“Department”) proposes several amendments to regulations pertaining to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS” or “system”) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”). The proposed amendments implement parts of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (“BSCA”), which, in relevant part, require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations authorizing certain Federal Firearm Licensees (“FFLs” or “licensees”) to use NICS for purposes of voluntarily conducting employment background checks relating to certain current or prospective employees. As this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) describes in more detail, the Department proposes allowing FFLs to use NICS for employment background checks of their “firearm handlers” and other “eligible employees.” DATES: Written comments must be postmarked, and electronic comments must be submitted, on or before January 13, 2025. Commenters should be aware the electronic Federal Docket Management System will not accept comments after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the last day of the comment period. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 1110-A…