1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Domestic Violence Records Reporting Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Restriction on NCHIP grants Section 102 of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 ( 34 U.S.C. 40301 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) National instant criminal background check system For purposes of this subsection, the term National Instant Criminal Background Check System means the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( 18 U.S.C. 922 note) for firearms eligibility determinations. (2) Domestic violence record defined For purposes of paragraph (3), a domestic violence record is the following: (A) A record that identifies a person who is subject to a court order described in section 922(g)(8) of title 18, United States Code. (B) A record that identifies a person who was convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as defined in section 921(a)(33) of title 18, United States Code, during the 5 years preceding the date of enactment of this subsection. (3) Report to congress Not later than January 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report identifying the percentage of records described in paragraph (2) from each State that are accessible through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (4) Methodology The method established to calculate the number of records identified in paragraph (2) accessible through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, as set forth in paragraph (2) and State compliance with the required level of reporting under paragraph (6), shall be determined by the Attorney General, after consultation with the States, in accordance with the following: (A) A record of an individual convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence shall be counted as accessible through the National Instant