Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2023)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 16527-16529]

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Vol. 88

Friday,

No. 52

March 17, 2023

Part II

The President

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Executive Order 14092--Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities

Safer

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The President

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Executive Order 14092 of March 14, 2023

Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities

Safer

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, I hereby order as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Every few days in the United States,

we mourn a new mass shooting. Daily acts of gun

violence--including community violence, domestic

violence, suicide, and accidental shootings--may not

always make the evening news, but they too cut lives

short and leave survivors and their communities with

long-lasting physical and mental wounds. We cannot

accept these facts as the enduring reality of life in

America. Instead, we must together insist that we have

had enough, and that we will no longer allow the

interests of the gun manufacturers to win out over the

safety of our children and Nation.

long-lasting physical and mental wounds. We cannot

accept these facts as the enduring reality of life in

America. Instead, we must together insist that we have

had enough, and that we will no longer allow the

interests of the gun manufacturers to win out over the

safety of our children and Nation.

It is the policy of my Administration that executive

departments and agencies (agencies) will pursue every

legally available and appropriate action to reduce gun

violence. Through this whole-of-government approach, my

Administration has made historic progress to save

lives. My Administration has taken action to keep guns

out of dangerous hands and especially dangerous weapons

off of our streets; hold gun traffickers and rogue gun

dealers accountable; fund accountable, effective

community policing; and invest in community violence

interventions and prevention strategies.

Last year, I signed into law the Bipartisan Safer

Communities Act (the ``Act''), the most significant

bipartisan gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years.

The Act provides communities with new tools to combat

gun violence, including enhanced gun background checks

for individuals under age 21, funding for extreme risk

protection orders and other crisis interventions, and

increased mental health resources to help children

impacted by gun violence heal from the resulting grief

and trauma.

tools to combat

gun violence, including enhanced gun background checks

for individuals under age 21, funding for extreme risk

protection orders and other crisis interventions, and

increased mental health resources to help children

impacted by gun violence heal from the resulting grief

and trauma.

I continue to call on the Congress to take additional

action to reduce gun violence, including by banning

assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring

background checks for all gun sales, requiring safe

storage of firearms, funding my comprehensive Safer

America Plan, and expanding community violence

intervention and prevention strategies. In the

meantime, my Administration will continue to do all

that we can, within existing authority, to make our

communities safer.

Sec. 2. Implementation of the Bipartisan Safer

Communities Act. The Attorney General, the Secretary of

Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education,

and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall each

submit a report to the President within 60 days of the

date of this order describing what actions their

respective agencies have taken to implement the Act,

data and analysis regarding the use and early effects

of the Act, and additional steps their respective

agencies will take to maximize the benefits of the Act.

These reports shall include a plan for increasing

public awareness and use of resources made available by

the Act.

n to implement the Act,

data and analysis regarding the use and early effects

of the Act, and additional steps their respective

agencies will take to maximize the benefits of the Act.

These reports shall include a plan for increasing

public awareness and use of resources made available by

the Act.

Sec. 3. Additional Agency Actions to Reduce Gun

Violence. (a) The Attorney General shall develop and

implement a plan to:

(i) clarify the definition of who is engaged in the business of dealing in

firearms, and thus required to become Federal firearms licensees (FFLs),

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in order to increase compliance with the Federal background check

requirement for firearm sales, including by considering a rulemaking, as

appropriate and consistent with applicable law;

(ii) prevent former FFLs whose licenses have been revoked or surrendered

from continuing to engage in the business of dealing in firearms;

(iii) publicly release, to the fullest extent permissible by law,

inspection reports of FFL dealers cited for violations of the law; and

(iv) support efforts to modernize and make permanent the Undetectable

Firearms Act (18 U.S.C. 922(p)).

(b) The Secretary of Defense; the Attorney General;

the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Secretary of

Health and Human Services, including through the

Surgeon General of the United States; the Secretary of

Education; and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall

expand existing Federal campaigns and other efforts to

promote safe storage of firearms.

the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Secretary of

Health and Human Services, including through the

Surgeon General of the United States; the Secretary of

Education; and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall

expand existing Federal campaigns and other efforts to

promote safe storage of firearms.

(c) The Secretary of Defense; the Attorney General;

the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Secretary of

Health and Human Services, including through the

Surgeon General of the United States; and the Secretary

of Education shall undertake efforts to encourage

effective use of extreme risk protection orders (``red

flag'' laws), partnering with law enforcement, health

care providers, educators, and other community leaders.

(d) The Attorney General; the Secretary of Health

and Human Services, including through the Surgeon

General of the United States; the Secretary of

Education; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the

Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and

the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall

develop a proposal for the President, and submit it no

later than September 15, 2023, on how the Federal

Government can better support the recovery, mental

health, and other needs of survivors of gun violence,

families of victims and survivors of gun violence,

first responders to incidents of gun violence, and

communities affected by gun violence

t no

later than September 15, 2023, on how the Federal

Government can better support the recovery, mental

health, and other needs of survivors of gun violence,

families of victims and survivors of gun violence,

first responders to incidents of gun violence, and

communities affected by gun violence. The proposal

should draw on existing evidence, where available, and

take into account how to address needs in both the

immediate aftermath of mass shootings and in the years

following such events. The proposal should recommend

any additional executive branch coordination and

additional resources or authorities from the Congress

needed to implement the proposal, as well as how

agencies will assess the outcomes for the activities

implemented.

(e) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with

the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland

Security, shall develop and implement principles to

further firearm and public safety practices through the

Department of Defense's acquisition of firearms,

consistent with applicable law.

(f) The heads of Federal law enforcement agencies

shall, as soon as practicable, but no later than 180

days from the date of this order, ensure that their

respective law enforcement components issue National

Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)

submission and utilization policies with requirements

that are equivalent to, or exceed, the requirements of

the policy issued by the Department of Justice on

December 12, 2022, to ensure the prompt entry of

ballistics dat

components issue National

Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)

submission and utilization policies with requirements

that are equivalent to, or exceed, the requirements of

the policy issued by the Department of Justice on

December 12, 2022, to ensure the prompt entry of

ballistics data recovered in connection with criminal

investigations into NIBIN. In consultation with the

Department of Justice, the Department of Defense

policies may be tailored to address specific

operational considerations.

(g) The Secretary of Transportation, in

consultation with the Department of Justice, shall work

to reduce the loss or theft of firearms during shipment

between FFLs and to improve reporting of such losses or

thefts, including by engaging with carriers and

shippers.

(h) The Federal Trade Commission is encouraged to

issue a public report analyzing how gun manufacturers

market firearms to minors and how such manufacturers

market firearms to civilians, including through the use

of military imagery.

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Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order, the

term ``Federal law enforcement agency'' means an

organizational unit or subunit of the executive branch

that employs officers who are authorized to make

arrests and carry firearms, and that is responsible for

the prevention, detection, and investigation of crime

or the apprehension of alleged offenders. The term

``heads of Federal law enforcement agencies'' means the

heads of those units or subunits.

that employs officers who are authorized to make

arrests and carry firearms, and that is responsible for

the prevention, detection, and investigation of crime

or the apprehension of alleged offenders. The term

``heads of Federal law enforcement agencies'' means the

heads of those units or subunits.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

(Presidential Sig.)

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March 14, 2023.

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