H.R. 4174 — ATF DATA Act

This section requires the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), to submit to Congress and make publicly available electronically, within six months of enactment and annually thereafter, a report containing aggregated firearm trace data (i.e., data on crime guns traced back to the initial retail seller, or source licensee) for the most recently completed calendar year. The report must include, at a minimum: (1) aggregated trace data by source licensee type; (2) for the 200 source licensees with the most traces, the aggregate number of traces by handgun, rifle, and shotgun; recovery cities; average time-to-crime; crime categories (if available); multiple sales; and licensee-reported lost or stolen firearms under 18 U.S.C. §923(g)(6); (3) aggregated data on trace distributions among source licensees (e.g., by number of traces such as 0+, 1+, 2+, 5+, 10+, 25+, 50+) by licensee type, total, percentage, and source state, plus licensees with traces by state; (4) aggregated trace data for the 50 metropolitan statistical areas with the highest overall and per capita homicide rates (per FBI "Crime in the U.S." or ATF data), including total recoveries; source states and licensees for recoveries; average time-to-crime; recoveries by agency and firearm type; and short time-to-crime firearms (<3, <2, <1 year); (5) state-aggregated data on traced firearm types by crime category (if available), top 10 manufacturers/models/finishes/barrel lengths, and average time-to-crime by crime subcategory; (6) multiple-sale traced firearms by state, handgun/rifle counts (for states requiring rifle multiple-sale reports), average time-to-crime, and in-state recovery percentage; (7) lost/stolen traced firearms from licensees by state, including counts by licensee type and time-to-crime; unreported percentages; in-state recovery percentages; and data on licensees with 2+ losses/thefts in prior five years; (8) privately made firearms (i.e., unserialized "ghost guns") recovered, by recovery state, type, and brand (if known); and (9) the 50 law enforcement agencies requesting the most traces (by total and per capita) and the 10 requesting the most.