Summary

Prohibits state and local agencies receiving Edward Byrne JAG grant funds from acquiring firearms from certain federally licensed dealers that the ATF has identified as repeatedly linked to guns recovered in crimes within a short time window. Requires the Attorney General/ATF to publish and maintain a list of those dealers and to notify state and local agencies within 120 days (and annually thereafter) if a firearm transferred by the agency is traced to or suspected in a criminal offense. The bill also removes or narrows prior statutory restrictions that limited public disclosure of certain ATF tracing database information.

• Byrne JAG applicants and grantees must certify they will not purchase or receive firearms from ATF-listed "covered licensed dealers."
• A "covered licensed dealer" is defined by a threshold number of traced firearms with a short time-to-crime (≤3 years) across recent years.
• ATF/Attorney General must publish the covered-dealer list online and notify state/local agencies within 120 days of enactment and annually if an agency's transferred firearm is traced to a crime.
• Short time-to-crime is set at 3 calendar years or less for purposes of tracing and listing.
• The bill removes or narrows past statutory restrictions that limited public disclosure of certain ATF tracing database information.
• Certification is a condition of eligibility for Byrne JAG funds rather than a new grant or appropriation.
• Increased transparency may change procurement choices by law enforcement agencies and affect federally licensed dealers identified on the list.
• No new funding is authorized; the bill changes grant conditions, reporting, and disclosure requirements.