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

# §925D. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys

- (a) **In General.—** In order to improve the enforcement of paragraphs [(8)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g-8) and [(9)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g-9) of section 922(g), the [Attorney General](/usc/18/841.md?p=k) may—
  - (1) appoint, in accordance with [section 543 of title 28](/usc/28/543.md), qualified [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9), Tribal, territorial and local prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) government to serve as special assistant [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting violations of such paragraphs; and
  - (2) deputize [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9), Tribal, territorial and local [law enforcement officers](/usc/18/232.md?p=7) for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4), and [Explosives](/usc/18/841.md?p=d) in responding to and investigating violations of such paragraphs.
- (b) **Improve Intimate Partner and Public Safety.—** The [Attorney General](/usc/18/841.md?p=k) shall—
  - (1) identify not fewer than 75 jurisdictions among [States](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9), territories and Tribes where there are high rates of [firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) violence and threats of [firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) violence against [intimate partners](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-32) and other [persons](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) protected under paragraphs [(8)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g-8) and [(9)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g-9) of section 922(g) and where local authorities lack the resources to address such violence;
  - (2) make such appointments as described in [subsection (a)](#a) in jurisdictions where enhanced enforcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce [firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) homicide and injury rates; and
  - (3) establish, in order to receive and expedite requests for assistance from [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9), Tribal, territorial, and local law enforcement agencies responding to [intimate partner](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-32) violence cases where such agencies have probable cause to believe that the offenders may be in violation of such paragraphs, points of contact within—
    - (A) each Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Firearms](/usc/18/232.md?p=4), and [Explosives](/usc/18/841.md?p=d); and
    - (B) each District Office of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) Attorneys.
- (c) **Qualified Defined.—** For purposes of this section, the term “qualified” means, with respect to an attorney, that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good standing with any relevant licensing authority.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XI, § 1103(a), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 921.)

## Notes

### 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.