Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4224 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4224 To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2025 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a grant program through the Department of Justice to incentivize States to establish point-of-contact systems for firearm sales subject to a background check, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. GRANTS ESTABLISHED. (a) In General.-- (1) Establishment.--The Attorney General may make an annual grant of not more than $1,000,000 to each eligible State that has conformed to the requirements of this Act. Such grant may be renewed for each year that the State remains in such conformity. The grant shall be used for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a point-of-contact system as set forth in section 3. (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to carry out this program not more than $10,000,000 each fiscal year. (3) Matching requirement.--The Federal share of the cost of a point-of-contact system carried out using grant funds may not exceed 25 percent. (b) Preference for Other Grants.--The Attorney General shall give preference in awards of any discretionary grant administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to a State that has conformed its laws in accordance with th