1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fix NICS Act of 2017 . 2. Accountability for Federal departments and agencies Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( 34 U.S.C. 40901 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the end the following: (F) Semiannual certification and reporting (i) In general The head of each Federal department or agency shall submit a semiannual written certification to the Attorney General indicating whether the department or agency is in compliance with the record submission requirements under subparagraph (C). (ii) Submission dates The head of a Federal department or agency shall submit a certification to the Attorney General under clause (i)— (I) not later than July 31 of each year, which shall address all relevant records, including those that have not been transmitted to the Attorney General, in possession of the department or agency during the period beginning on January 1 of the year and ending on June 30 of the year; and (II) not later than January 31 of each year, which shall address all relevant records, including those that have not been transmitted to the Attorney General, in possession of the department or agency during the period beginning on July 1 of the previous year and ending on December 31 of the previous year. (iii) Contents A certification required under clause (i) shall state, for the applicable period— (I) the total number of records of the Federal department or agency demonstrating that a person falls within one of the categories described in subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code; (II) for each category of records described in subclause (I), the total number of records of the Federal department or agency that have been provided to the Attorney General