FY 2015 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)

Funding Opportunity Number: BJS-2015-4103 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Information and StatisticsCFDA Number: 16.813Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: USDOJ-OJP-BJSClosing Date: May 07, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 25Creation Date: Feb 23, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-180 (NIAA or the Act), was signed into law on January 8, 2008, in the wake of the April 2007 shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech. The Virginia Tech shooter was able to purchase firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) because information about his prohibiting mental health history was not available to the NICS, and the system was therefore unable to deny the transfer of the firearms used in the shootings. The NIAA seeks to address the gap in information available to NICS about such prohibiting mental health adjudications and commitments, and other prohibiting factors. Filling these information gaps will better enable the system to operate as intended to keep guns out of the hands of persons prohibited by federal or state law from receiving or possessing firearms. The automation of records will also reduce delays for law-abiding persons to purchase firearms. The NIAA authorized a grant program to assist states in pro...
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