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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4730 

To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to make 

grants to entities to develop gun safety technology, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 17, 2019 

Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. 

LYNCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to make grants to entities to develop gun safety 

technology, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Gun Safety 

5 Technology Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GUN SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, acting 

8 through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, 


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1 is authorized to carry out a pilot program to make grants 

2 to eligible entities to develop gun safety technology. 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the grant program 

4 under this section is to support the commercialization of 

5 technology that decreases the likelihood that a gun can 

6 be used accidentally or by unauthorized users. 

7 (c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a grant 

8 under this section shall submit to the Attorney General 

9 an application at such time, in such manner, and con10 taining such information as the Attorney General may rea11 sonably require, which information shall include a descrip12 tion of the entity’s commitment and plans to develop gun 

13 safety technology and an initial gun safety product design. 

14 (d) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Attorney General 

15 shall make not less than 3 grants and not more than 5 

16 grants under the pilot program under this section. 

17 (e) REPORT.—An eligible entity receiving a grant 

18 under this section shall report to the Attorney General, 

19 at such times and including such information as the Attor20 ney General may reasonably require, related milestones for 

21 the gun safety technology funded under this section, in22 cluding the following: 

23 (1) Building a prototype. 

24 (2) Conducting reliability testing. 

25 (3) Planning for trial production. 


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1 (4) Preparing to commercialize. 

2 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

3 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

4 2021. 

5 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a small 

7 business concern (as defined under section 3 of the 

8 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that has less 

9 than 500 employees. 

10 (2) The term ‘‘gun’’ has the meaning given the 

11 term ‘‘firearm’’ in section 921 of title 18, United 

12 States Code. 

13 (3) The term ‘‘gun safety technology’’ means 

14 technology that is designed to reduce the likelihood 

15 of an accidental or unauthorized use of a gun, in16 cluding smart guns, user-authorized handguns, 

17 childproof guns, personalized guns, and safes and 

18 locking devices that include personalized technology. 

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