I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2005 
To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized hand-
guns, to require that, within 3 years, all handguns manufactured or 
sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2013 
Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. FARR, Ms. 
HAHN, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Ms. SPEIER, and Ms. TSONGAS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the development and use of technology for 
personalized handguns, to require that, within 3 years, 
all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, 
the United States incorporate such technology, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Personalized Handgun 
Safety Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) It is in the interest of the Nation to protect 
its citizens from handgun violence and accidental 
firearm deaths. 
(2) Personalizing handguns would disallow un-
authorized users, whether they be children, crimi-
nals, or others, from misusing the weapons. 
(3) Personalizing handguns would allow for au-
thorized users to continue to lawfully own and use 
their handgun more safely. 
(4) In 2011, according to the Centers for Dis-
ease Control (CDC), there were 851 accidental fire-
arm deaths. 
(5) In 2010, according to the CDC, 62 people 
under the age of 15 were killed accidentally with 
firearms. 
(6) Almost 350,000 incidents of firearm theft 
from private citizens occur annually according to the 
National Crime Victimization Survey. 
(7) According to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, 45 law enforcement officers were killed with 
their own firearm between 2002 and 2011. 
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(8) According to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, almost half of all murders in the United 
States in 2011 were committed with handguns. 
TITLE 
I—TECHNOLOGY 
FOR 
PERSONALIZED 
HANDGUNS 
GRANTS 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION. 
The Attorney General, acting through the Director 
of the National Institute of Justice (referred to in this 
title as the ‘‘Director’’), shall make grants to qualified en-
tities to develop technology for personalized handguns. 
SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 
A qualified entity seeking a grant under this title 
shall submit to the Director an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Director may reasonably require. 
SEC. 103. USES OF FUNDS. 
A qualified entity receiving a grant under this title— 
(1) shall use not less than 70 percent of such 
funds to develop technology for personalized hand-
guns; 
(2) may use not more than 20 percent of such 
funds to develop technology for retrofitted personal-
ized handguns; and 
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(3) may use not more than 10 percent of such 
funds for administrative costs associated with the 
development of technology funded under this title. 
SEC. 104. TERM; RENEWAL. 
(a) TERM.—A grant awarded under this title shall 
be for a term of one year. 
(b) RENEWAL.—A qualified entity receiving a grant 
under this title may renew such grant by submitting to 
the Director an application for renewal at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Di-
rector may reasonably require. 
SEC. 105. REPORTS. 
A qualified entity receiving a grant under this title 
shall submit to the Director such reports, at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Director may reasonably require. The Director shall trans-
mit to Congress each year a report containing a summary 
of such information received. 
SEC. 106. REGULATIONS. 
The Director may promulgate such guidelines, rules, 
regulations, and procedures as may be necessary to carry 
out this title. 
SEC. 107. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
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(1) HANDGUN.—The term ‘‘handgun’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 921(a)(29) of title 
18, United States Code. 
(2) PERSONALIZED HANDGUN.—The term ‘‘per-
sonalized handgun’’ means a handgun that— 
(A) enables only the authorized users of a 
handgun to fire such handgun; and 
(B) was manufactured in such a manner 
that the firing restriction described in subpara-
graph (A)— 
(i) is incorporated into the design of 
the handgun, and is not sold as an acces-
sory; and 
(ii) cannot be readily removed or de-
activated. 
(3) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘qualified 
entity’’ means— 
(A) a State or unit of local government; 
(B) a nonprofit or for-profit organization; 
or 
(C) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2001)). 
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(4) RETROFITTED PERSONALIZED HANDGUN.— 
The term ‘‘retrofitted personalized handgun’’ means 
a handgun fitted with a device that— 
(A) enables only the authorized users of a 
handgun to fire such handgun; and 
(B) cannot be readily removed or deacti-
vated. 
SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $2,000,000 for fiscal years 2015 and 2016. 
TITLE II—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION SAFETY 
STANDARD 
SEC. 201. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
STANDARD.—Notwith-
standing section 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E)), the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, in consultation with the At-
torney General and the Director of the National Institute 
of Justice, shall promulgate a consumer product safety 
standard under section 7(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056(a)) for handguns. 
(b) STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.—The standard es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall require that— 
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manufacturer of the handgun if the manufacturer is 
operational at the time the retrofit is required. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—Section 524(c) of title 
28, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (I), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
following: 
‘‘(J) payments to reimburse manufacturers of 
handguns for the costs of retrofitting handguns as 
required by section 201(b)(2)(B) of the Personalized 
Handgun Safety Act.’’. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF AN ACTION ON BEHALF OF A 
STATE.—If an attorney general of a State, or an official 
or agency of a State, has reason to believe that an interest 
of the residents of such State has been or is threatened 
or adversely affected by any person who violates this title, 
the attorney general, official, or agency may bring a civil 
action on behalf of the residents of such State against a 
seller or manufacturer of handguns in an appropriate dis-
trict court of the United States to enjoin further violations 
of this title and for other relief as may be appropriate. 
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SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AUTHORIZED USER.—The term ‘‘authorized 
user’’, with respect to a firearm, means the lawful 
owner of the firearm and any individual authorized 
by the owner to use the firearm who is allowed to 
own, carry, or use a firearm in the State where the 
firearm is being used. 
(2) HANDGUN
AND
ANTIQUE
FIREARM.—The 
terms ‘‘handgun’’ and ‘‘antique firearm’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 921 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(3) PERSONALIZED HANDGUN.—The term ‘‘per-
sonalized handgun’’ means a handgun that— 
(A) enables only an authorized user of a 
handgun to fire the handgun; and 
(B) was manufactured in such a manner 
that the firing restriction described in subpara-
graph (A)— 
(i) is incorporated into the design of 
the handgun; and 
(ii) cannot be readily removed or de-
activated. 
(4) RETROFITTED PERSONALIZED HANDGUN.— 
The term ‘‘retrofitted personalized handgun’’ means 
a handgun fitted with a device that— 
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(A) enables only an authorized user of a 
handgun to fire the handgun; and 
(B) attaches to the handgun in a manner 
such that the device cannot be readily removed 
or deactivated. 
TITLE 
III—EXEMPTION 
FROM 
THE PROTECTION OF LAW-
FUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT 
SEC. 301. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROTECTION OF LAW-
FUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT. 
Section 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in 
Arms Act (Public Law 109–92) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
the term ‘qualified product’ does not include any 
handgun manufactured after the 2-year period that 
begins with the date of the enactment of this sen-
tence that is not a personalized handgun or a retro-
fitted personalized handgun.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) AUTHORIZED USER.—The term ‘author-
ized user’, with respect to a handgun, means the 
lawful owner of the handgun and any individual au-
thorized by the owner to use the handgun who is al-
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lowed to own, carry, or use a handgun in the State 
where the handgun is being used. 
‘‘(11) PERSONALIZED
HANDGUN.—The term 
‘personalized handgun’ means a handgun that— 
‘‘(A) enables only an authorized user of a 
handgun to fire the handgun; and 
‘‘(B) was manufactured in such a manner 
that the firing restriction described in subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) is incorporated into the design of 
the handgun; and 
‘‘(ii) cannot be readily removed or de-
activated. 
‘‘(12) RETROFITTED
PERSONALIZED
HAND-
GUN.—The term ‘retrofitted personalized handgun’ 
means a handgun fitted with a device that— 
‘‘(A) enables only an authorized user of a 
handgun to fire the handgun; and 
‘‘(B) attaches to the handgun in a manner 
such that the device cannot be readily removed 
or deactivated. 
‘‘(13) HANDGUN.—The term ‘handgun’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 921(a)(29) of title 
18, United States Code.’’. 
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