123STA T .597PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 09 (1)Firea r mt ra c e s are d esi gn edt o assist l a w en f orcement a u t h orities in conducting in v estigations by trac k ing the sale and p ossession of specific firearms .L aw enforcement agencies may re q uest firearms traces for any reason , and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal G overnment. N ot all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime. ( 2 ) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. T he firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime. SEC . 5 1 7 . (a) The I nspectors General of the D epartment of C ommerce, the Department of J ustice, the National A eronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act (5 U .S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular interest, within 1 80 days after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. (b) W ithin 6 0 days after the date on which an audit described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Sec - retary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or P resident, as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made available in redacted form to e x clude — (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code
and (2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the public access to which could be used to commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes. (c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet or conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a pro j ect funded by the grant or contract. (d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the person awarded the grant or contract. (e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section shall take effect 3 0 days after the date on which the Director of the O ffice of M anagement and B udget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government E thics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to Ef f ectiv e da te .C e r tificati on . D ead l ine. Pub lic infor m ation. W eb p o s tin g . A udits. R eports. Deadlines.
