---
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"
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/18/921.md?p=a-18) may—
  - (1) appoint, in accordance with [section 543 of title 28](/usc/28/543.md), [qualified](#c) [State](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2), Tribal, territorial and local prosecutors and [qualified](#c) attorneys working for the [United States](/usc/18/5.md) government to serve as special assistant [United States](/usc/18/5.md) attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting violations of such paragraphs; and
  - (2) deputize [State](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2), Tribal, territorial and local law enforcement [officers](/usc/18/202.md?p=c) for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Firearms](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-3), and [Explosives](/usc/18/2332f.md?p=e-8) in responding to and investigating violations of such paragraphs.
- (b) **Improve Intimate Partner and Public Safety.—** The [Attorney General](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-18) shall—
  - (1) identify not fewer than 75 jurisdictions among [States](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2), territories and Tribes where there are high rates of [firearms](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-3) violence and threats of [firearms](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-3) violence against [intimate partners](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-32) and other [persons](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-1) 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/18/921.md?p=a-3) homicide and injury rates; and
  - (3) establish, in order to receive and expedite requests for assistance from [State](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2), Tribal, territorial, and local law enforcement [agencies](/usc/18/6.md) responding to [intimate partner](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-32) violence cases where such [agencies](/usc/18/6.md) 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/18/921.md?p=a-3), and [Explosives](/usc/18/2332f.md?p=e-8); and
    - (B) each District Office of the [United States](/usc/18/5.md) 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.