Clean Hands Firearm Procurement Act

This bill tells the Justice Department (through ATF) to publish a public list of gun dealers whose guns often show up in crimes soon after being sold. The first list must come out within 120 days after the bill becomes law, and then every year. A dealer goes on the list if, in at least two of the last three years, ATF traced 25 or more guns back to that dealer, and those guns were recovered by police within three years of the last retail sale. “Time-to-crime” means the time from the last sale to when police recover the gun in connection with a crime.

Federal agencies would be blocked from signing contracts with any dealer on that list during the current year and the previous two years. This contracting ban starts 180 days after the bill becomes law. The Attorney General can grant a waiver for national security if requested by the Defense or Homeland Security Secretary, with notice to Congress.

• Who is affected: Federally licensed gun dealers with many “quick crime” traces; federal departments and agencies.
• What changes: ATF must publish the annual list; federal agencies cannot contract with listed dealers; limited national security waiver allowed.
• When: First list due within 120 days and then yearly; contracting ban takes effect 180 days after enactment and applies to dealers listed in the current or prior two years.