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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8768 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants available to support State, 

Tribal, and local firearm destruction activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2024 

Ms. TOKUDA (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. 

RASKIN, Mr. CASE, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA

of Texas, and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants available 

to support State, Tribal, and local firearm destruction 

activities, 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 ‘‘Restoring Trust in 

5 Public Safety Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 

8 grants to an eligible entity for activities related to firearm 


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1 destruction. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘eligi2 ble entity’’ means a State, Tribal government, or unit of 

3 local government, or any law enforcement agency thereof. 

4 (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Not later than 180 

5 days after such amounts are appropriated, the Attorney 

6 General shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eli7 gible entities whose applications are approved under sub8 section (c) to assist such applicants in firearm destruction. 

9 (c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

10 under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli11 cation to the Attorney General at such time and con12 taining such information as the Attorney General may rea13 sonably require, including— 

14 (1) a description of how the applicant will use 

15 the grant to carry out firearm destruction; 

16 (2) a description of community partners and or17 ganizations contracted by or working with the eligi18 ble entity and their roles in supporting a State or 

19 Tribal government or a unit of local government’s 

20 programs and initiatives related to the acquisition, 

21 disposal, or destruction of a firearm or firearm 

22 parts; 

23 (3) certification that funds awarded to the ap24 plicant will be used to destroy firearms fully, includ25 ing all parts and components; and 


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1 (4) certification that the applicant will make 

2 and maintain records on the firearms and firearm 

3 parts that are destroyed. 

4 (d) SUBGRANTS.—States, Tribal governments, and 

5 units of local government that are grantees shall award 

6 subgrants to units of local government or law enforcement 

7 agencies thereof. A unit of local government or law en8 forcement agency thereof seeking a subgrant that does not 

9 receive a grant under this Act may submit an application 

10 to the chief executive of the grantee that is substantially 

11 similar to the application prescribed by the Attorney Gen12 eral. 

13 (e) GRANT DURATION.—The duration of a grant 

14 awarded to an eligible entity under this section shall be 

15 two years. 

16 (f) PROOF OF FIREARM DESTRUCTION.—The Attor17 ney General shall require that a grantee or subgrantee de18 velop and maintain a written policy on the destruction of 

19 firearms and other weapons including, without limitation, 

20 policies for identifying firearms and other weapons that 

21 are determined to be destroyed, keeping records of those 

22 firearms and other weapons and provide documented proof 

23 of firearm destruction. The Attorney General shall by rule 

24 establish acceptable forms of documented proof of destruc25 tion. 


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1 (g) USE OF FUNDS.—A grantee may use the grant 

2 for firearm destruction and related activities, including the 

3 following: 

4 (1) The purchase or maintenance of equipment 

5 used for firearm destruction, including tools used to 

6 smelt, crush, cut, or shred a firearm and compo7 nents of a firearm. 

8 (2) Contracts with businesses that offer firearm 

9 destruction services, provided that they fully destroy 

10 the firearm, including all parts, components, and ac11 cessories of such firearms. 

12 (3) The training of staff in firearm destruction. 

13 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An eligible entity shall 

14 use not more than 10 percent of such funds for the admin15 istrative costs of carrying out the grant program under 

16 this Act. 

17 (i) SMALL URBAN AND RURAL PREFERENCE.—In 

18 awarding grants, under this Act, the Attorney General 

19 shall set aside one-third of the total appropriated funding 

20 for grants to applicants representing a Metropolitan Sta21 tistical Area (as defined by the Office of Management and 

22 Budget) or rural area. 

23 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fis25 cal years 2025 through 2030 to carry out this Act. 


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1 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

2 (1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

3 the several States, the District of Columbia, or any 

4 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

5 States. 

6 (2) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 

7 government’’ means the recognized governing body 

8 of an Indian Tribe. 

9 (3) FIREARM DESTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘fire10 arm destruction’’ means to destroy a firearm or 

11 other weapon in its entirety by smelting, shredding, 

12 crushing, or cutting and shall include all parts in13 cluding, without limitation, the frame or receiver, 

14 barrel, bolt, and grip of a firearm, as applicable, and 

15 any attachments including, but not limited to, a 

16 sight, scope, silencer, or suppressor, as applicable. 

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