Designation of the National Crime Information Center Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

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Under section 102(a)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Public Law 103-159, Title I, 107 Stat. 1536 (to be codified at 18 U.S.C. 922(s)(2)), the Attorney General is required to designate a national system to be used by law enforcement for criminal history record background checks. Under this section the chief law enforcement officer of the place of residence of a handgun transferee must make a reasonable effort to ascertain within 5 business days whether receipt or possession of a handgun by the prospective transferee would be in violation of the law, including research in whatever State and local recordkeeping systems are available and in a national system designated by the Attorney General. This notice by the Attorney General designates the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as the national system.