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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 683 

To ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot 

be personalized, and to provide for a report to Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17, 2005 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. CORZINE) introduced the following 

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

A BILL 

To ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and to provide for 

a report to Congress on the commercial feasibility of 

personalizing firearms. 

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 ‘‘Childproof Handgun 

5 Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. BAN ON MANUFACTURE, SALE, DELIVERY, AND 

2 TRANSFER OF HANDGUNS THAT CANNOT BE 

3 PERSONALIZED. 

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

5 States Code, is amended by adding after subsection (y) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person who is not 

8 a licensed collector to manufacture, sell, deliver, or trans9 fer a handgun that cannot be personalized. 

10 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any manufac11 ture for, or sale, delivery, or transfer to, an individual act12 ing under the authority of the United States or any de13 partment or agency of the United States, or of any State 

14 or any department, agency, or political subdivision of a 

15 State.’’. 

16 (b) PERSONALIZED DEFINED.—Section 921(a) of 

17 such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(36) The term ‘personalized’ means, with re19 spect to a handgun, that integral to the handgun is 

20 a device or feature that— 

21 ‘‘(A) allows the handgun to be fired only 

22 by a particular individual; 

23 ‘‘(B) is not capable of being readily deacti24 vated; and 

25 ‘‘(C) may allow the handgun to be person26 alized to 1 or more additional individuals.’’. 
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1 (c) PENALTY.—Section 924(a) of such title is amend2 ed by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(z) shall 

4 be fined not more than $500,000, imprisoned not more 

5 than 18 months, or both. The fine otherwise applicable 

6 under section 3571 shall not apply to an offense under 

7 section 922(z).’’. 

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

9 this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 

10 5-year period that begins with the date of enactment of 

11 this Act, if the report required by section 3 states that 

12 the technology to personalize firearms (within the meaning 

13 of section 921(a)(36) of title 18, United States Code, as 

14 added by subsection (b)) will be commercially feasible by 

15 the end of such 5-year period. 

16 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TECHNOLOGY TO PER17 SONALIZE FIREARMS. 

18 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

19 States shall conduct a study of the state of the technology 

20 involved in personalizing firearms (within the meaning of 

21 section 921(a)(36) of title 18, United States Code, as 

22 added by section 2(b)) and determine whether such tech23 nology will be commercially feasible within 5 years after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

3 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

4 of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

5 House of Representatives a written report on the results 

6 of the study required by subsection (a). 

7 (c) COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY.—In determining 

8 whether the technology involved in personalizing firearms 

9 is commercially feasible, the Comptroller General shall 

10 consider the following factors: 

11 (1) RELIABILITY.—The reliability of the tech12 nology utilized in personalized firearms. 

13 (2) PRICE.—The difference between the manu14 facturer’s suggested retail price for personalized fire15 arms and the manufacturer’s suggested retail price 

16 for equivalent firearms that are not personalized. 

17 (3) OTHER CRITERIA.—Such other criteria as 

18 the Comptroller General deems appropriate. 

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