1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 11, 2022Firearms Eligibility: Stalking- and Domestic Violence-Related Provisions in H.R. 1620In March 2022, the 117th Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act VAWA Reauthorization Act of 2022, by folding a Senate-introduced bill, S. 3623, into the
2、Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103). The VAWA reauthorization includes the NICS Denial Notification Act of 2022, provisions of which require the Attorney General to notify federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local authorities about NICS denials within 24 hours, and to cross-dep
3、utize those authorities to increase federal investigation and prosecution of firearms-related eligibility offenses tied to domestic violence. In March 2021, the House passed a VAWA reauthorization bill (H.R. 1620) that included similar NICS denial notification provisions in a House-passed VAWA reaut
4、horization bill, H.R. 1620. However, the House-passed bill included other provisions that were not enacted under P.L. 117-103. Those House-passed provisions in H.R. 1620 would have amended federal law to (1) prohibit persons convicted of misdemeanor stalking crimes from receiving or possessing a fir
