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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5224 

To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use, to restore the 

civil and natural rights of the people of the United States in States 

hostile to liberty, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAINES, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. 

MULLIN, Mr. CASSIDY, and Mr. HOEVEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns 

have certain features generally absent from firearms in 

common use, to restore the civil and natural rights of 

the people of the United States in States hostile to 

liberty, 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 ‘‘Modern Firearm Safe5 ty Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS 

2 THAT HANDGUNS HAVE CERTAIN FEATURES 

3 GENERALLY ABSENT FROM FIREARMS IN 

4 COMMON USE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 927 the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘§ 927A. Prohibition on imposition of requirements 

9 that handguns have certain features gen10 erally absent from firearms in common 

11 use 

12 ‘‘A department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

13 United States, or of any State or political subdivision of 

14 a State, may not implement or enforce any provision of 

15 law that requires or has the effect of requiring a handgun 

16 that is in, or has been shipped or transported in, interstate 

17 or foreign commerce to— 

18 ‘‘(1) incorporate a device that indicates whether 

19 the handgun is loaded; 

20 ‘‘(2) incorporate a mechanism that prevents a 

21 handgun from being fired if an ammunition maga22 zine is not fully inserted into the handgun; 

23 ‘‘(3) be capable of microstamping the shell cas24 ing of ammunition with microscopic characters rep25 resenting the make, model, and serial number of the 


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1 handgun, when the ammunition is fired from the 

2 handgun; 

3 ‘‘(4) incorporate any device, mechanism, or 

4 technology that— 

5 ‘‘(A) is designed or intended to perform 

6 any function described in paragraphs (1) 

7 through (3); or 

8 ‘‘(B) may be readily converted to be capa9 ble of performing any such function; or 

10 ‘‘(5) be capable of accepting the attachment of 

11 any device or mechanism described in paragraph 

12 (4).’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

15 by inserting after the item relating to section 927 the fol16 lowing: 

‘‘927A. Prohibition on imposition of requirements that handguns have certain 

features generally absent from firearms in common use.’’. 

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