---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 925C"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "925C"
heading: "Annual report to Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/925C"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 44 — Firearms"
---

# §925C. Annual report to Congress


Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the [Attorney General](/usc/18/841.md?p=k) shall submit to Congress a report detailing the following, broken down by Federal judicial district:

- (1) With respect to each category of [persons](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) prohibited by subsection [(g)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g) or [(n)](/usc/18/922.md?p=n) of section 922 or [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) law from receiving or possessing a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) who are so denied a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4)—
  - (A) the number of denials;
  - (B) the number of denials referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4), and [Explosives](/usc/18/841.md?p=d);
  - (C) the number of denials for which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4), and [Explosives](/usc/18/841.md?p=d) determines that the [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) denied was not prohibited by subsection [(g)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g) or [(n)](/usc/18/922.md?p=n) of section 922 or [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) law from receiving or possessing a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4);
  - (D) the number of denials overturned through the appeals process of the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady [Handgun](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-30) Violence Prevention Act ([34 U.S.C. 40901](/usc/34/40901.md));
  - (E) the number of denials with respect to which an investigation was opened by a field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4), and [Explosives](/usc/18/841.md?p=d);
  - (F) the number of [persons](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) charged with a Federal criminal offense in connection with a denial; and
  - (G) the number of convictions obtained by Federal authorities in connection with a denial.
- (2) The number of background check notices reported pursuant to [section 925B](/usc/18/925B.md) (including the number of the notices that would have been so reported but for [section 925B(c)](/usc/18/925B.md?p=c)).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XI, § 1102(a), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 920.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–103, which was approved Mar. 15, 2022.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.