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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1952 

To provide for the establishment of a national standard for incorporating 

a passive identification ability into all firearms sold in the United States, 

and to require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms to the appropriate 

law enforcement authorities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2021 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of a national standard 

for incorporating a passive identification ability into all 

firearms sold in the United States, and to require the 

reporting of lost or stolen firearms to the appropriate 

law enforcement authorities. 

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 ‘‘Stopping the Iron 

5 Pipeline Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PASSIVE CAPABILITY TO IDENTIFY LOST AND STO2 LEN FIREARMS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL STANDARD.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall, 

5 in consultation with the National Institute for 

6 Standards and Technology, establish in regulations a 

7 national standard for the incorporation of a passive 

8 identification capability into all firearms sold in the 

9 United States. 

10 (2) PASSIVE IDENTIFICATION CAPABILITY DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘passive identi12 fication capability’’ means a technology that— 

13 (A) enables a firearm to be identified by a 

14 mobile or fixed reading device; and 

15 (B) does not emit or broadcast an elec16 tronic signal or other information that would 

17 enable the firearm or its owner to be monitored 

18 or tracked. 

19 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the 

20 standard, the Attorney General shall give equal pri21 ority to the following: 

22 (A) The right of firearm owners to main23 tain their full right to privacy under the 4th 

24 Amendment and their right to legally own fire25 arms under the 2nd Amendment. 


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1 (B) The ability of law enforcement authori2 ties to use the capability to track lost and sto3 len guns. 

4 (C) The ability of manufacturers to incor5 porate the capability using existing firearm 

6 manufacturing processes. 

7 (D) The resistance to tampering and de8 struction of the technology used to incorporate 

9 the capability. 

10 (b) PROHIBITION; PENALTY.— 

11 (1) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for a 

12 person, in or affecting interstate or foreign com13 merce, to manufacture a firearm that does not have 

14 a passive identification capability that meets the na15 tional standard established under subsection (a). 

16 (2) CIVIL PENALTY.—After notice and oppor17 tunity for hearing, the Attorney General shall im18 pose on a person who violates paragraph (1) a civil 

19 money penalty in such amount, not exceeding 

20 $2,500 per firearm, as the Attorney General shall 

21 prescribe in regulations. 

22 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 

23 take effect on such date as the Attorney General 

24 shall prescribe in regulations that is not later than 


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1 3 years after the establishment of the national 

2 standard under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 3. REPORTING OF LOST OR STOLEN FIREARMS TO 

4 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. 

5 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 922 of title 

6 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(aa) Within 48 hours after a person who owns a 

9 firearm that has been shipped or transported in, or has 

10 been possessed in or affecting, interstate or foreign com11 merce, discovers or should have discovered the theft or loss 

12 of the firearm, the person shall report the theft or loss 

13 to local law enforcement authorities. To the best of the 

14 person’s ability, the person shall provide the following in15 formation, if known: 

16 ‘‘(1) A description of the firearm, including the 

17 make, model, manufacturer, caliber, and serial num18 ber of the firearm, and any other distinguishing 

19 number or identification mark on the firearm. 

20 ‘‘(2) Whether the firearm is being reported lost 

21 or stolen. 

22 ‘‘(3) The date of the loss or theft. 

23 ‘‘(4) The person’s name and address. 

24 ‘‘(5) The location from which the firearm was 

25 lost or stolen.’’. 


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1 (b) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of such title is amend2 ed by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(q) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT LOSS OR

4 THEFT OF FIREARM.—Whoever violates section 922(aa) 

5 shall be fined $10,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, 

6 or both, with respect to each firearm involved in the viola7 tion.’’. 

8 (c) REQUIREMENT THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCE9 MENT AUTHORITIES REPORT LOST OR STOLEN FIRE10 ARMS TO THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CEN11 TER.—Within 7 days after a local law enforcement author12 ity receives a report that a firearm is lost or stolen, the 

13 authority shall transmit the report to the National Crime 

14 Information Center maintained by the Federal Bureau of 

15 Investigation. 

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