; and (ii) not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available under this subparagraph may be used for the administrative costs of the task force established under section 9 of the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2024 . . 10. Limitation on operations by the Department of Justice The Department of Justice, and any of the law enforcement coordinate agencies of the Department of Justice, shall not conduct any operation where a Federal firearms licensee is directed, instructed, enticed, or otherwise encouraged by the Department of Justice to sell a firearm to an individual if the Department of Justice, or a coordinate agency, knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such an individual is purchasing on behalf of another for an illegal purpose unless the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division personally reviews and approves the operation, in writing, and determines that the agency has prepared an operational plan that includes sufficient safeguards to prevent firearms from being transferred to third parties without law enforcement taking reasonable steps to lawfully interdict those firearms. 11. Increased penalties for lying and buying Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (D) by striking five years and inserting the following: 5 years (or, in the case of a violation under subparagraph (A), not more than 10 years) . 12. Amendment to section 924 (a) Section 924(a)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking (d) or (g) and inserting (d), (g), or (n) . 13. Study by the National Institute of Justice and National Academy of Sciences on the causes of mass shootings (a) In general (1) Study (A) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall instruct the Director of the National Institute of Justice, to conduct a peer-reviewed study to examine various sources and causes of mass