This bill requires the Attorney General to publish an annual list of federally licensed firearms dealers with poor trafficking records and prohibits federal agencies from doing business with those dealers. A dealer is considered "covered" if it has traced at least 25 firearms to crimes within three years of sale during at least two of the past three years—meaning those weapons went from a store shelf to a crime scene unusually quickly. The Attorney General must release the first list within 120 days of the bill's enactment, with the federal contracting prohibition taking effect 180 days later. The law includes a national security waiver allowing the Defense and Homeland Security secretaries to request exceptions, which the Attorney General must immediately report to Congress. This legislation aims to reduce gun trafficking by preventing federal money from supporting dealers with records of selling firearms that are frequently recovered at crime scenes.
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