; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as (e); and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Report on promising practices (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Safer Communities Act of 2017, and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress and to each State participating in the National Criminal History Improvement Program, a report of the practices of the States that the Director considers to be promising practices. (2) Promising practice defined For purposes of this subsection, the term promising practice means a program, activity, or strategy of a State regarding the collection, maintenance, automation, and transmittal of information relevant to determining whether a person is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm by Federal or State law, by the State or any other agency, or any other records relevant to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, that the Director determines— (A) has been used by a State or other agency to successfully increase or expand its ability to collect, maintain, automate, and transmit the information described in the matter preceding this subparagraph; (B) shows promise in its early stages of becoming a best practice under subsection (c), with long-term sustainable impact; and (C) may be replicated by other States or agencies. . 602. Reauthorization of the National Criminal History Records Improvement Program Section 106(b) of Public Law 103–159 ( 34 U.S.C. 40302 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking of this Act and inserting of the Safer Communities Act of 2017