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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4080 

To require the safe storage of firearms and ammunition, and to require 

the investigation of reports of improper storage of firearms or ammunition. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2019 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the safe storage of firearms and ammunition, 

and to require the investigation of reports of improper 

storage of firearms or ammunition. 

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 ‘‘Kimberly Vaughan 

5 Firearm Safe Storage Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPROPER STORAGE OF FIRE7 ARMS OR AMMUNITION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(aa)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to store 

2 or keep any firearm or ammunition that has moved in, 

3 or that has otherwise affected, interstate or foreign com4 merce, on the premises of a residence under the control 

5 of the person if the person knows, or reasonably should 

6 know, that— 

7 ‘‘(i) an individual who has not attained 18 

8 years of age is likely to gain access to the firearm 

9 or ammunition without the permission of the parent 

10 or guardian of the individual; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) an individual who resides at the residence 

12 is ineligible to possess a firearm under Federal, 

13 State, or local law. 

14 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a person 

15 with respect to a firearm or ammunition for the firearm 

16 if the person keeps the firearms and ammunition— 

17 ‘‘(i) secured, unloaded, and separately, in a safe 

18 certified by the Attorney General, and locked with a 

19 trigger lock certified by the Attorney General; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) off the premises at a storage facility, or 

21 gun range, certified by the Attorney General.’’. 

22 (b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(8)(A)(i) Whoever, in a civil action, is found to have 

25 violated section 922(aa) with respect to a firearm and the 


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1 violation is not found to have resulted in a discharge of 

2 the firearm, shall be fined not more than $5,000. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Whoever, in a criminal action, is found to have 

4 violated section 922(aa) with respect to a firearm and the 

5 violation is found to have resulted in a discharge of the 

6 firearm, shall be fined not less than $50,000 and not more 

7 than $100,000, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 

8 both. 

9 ‘‘(B) On conviction of a person for violating section 

10 922(aa) with respect to a firearm or ammunition, the 

11 court shall order the Attorney General to seize and store 

12 the firearm or ammunition, at the expense of the owner 

13 of the firearm or ammunition, at a facility that is— 

14 ‘‘(i) certified by the Attorney General for the 

15 safe storage of firearms or ammunition; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) not owned, leased, or controlled by the per17 son or the owner of the firearm or ammunition or 

18 by any person who is a relative of, or is associated 

19 with, the person or the owner.’’. 

20 (c) CERTIFICATION OF SAFES AND SAFE STORAGE

21 FACILITIES.—Within 1 year after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide for 

23 the certification of safes and safe storage facilities for fire24 arms and ammunition. 


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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 (e) INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS OF IMPROPER

5 STORAGE OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.—Beginning 

6 with the effective date of the amendments made by this 

7 section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Al8 cohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall investigate 

9 all reports that a person is improperly storing a firearm 

10 or ammunition. 

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