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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3945 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person 
from engaging in the business of destroying firearms unless such person 
has received a license to do so from the Attorney General, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2025 
Mr. AMO (for himself, Mr. FROST, and Mr. GOLDMAN of New York) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit a person from engaging in the business of de-
stroying firearms unless such person has received a li-
cense to do so from the Attorney General, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Firearm Destruction 
Licensure Act of 2025’’. 
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(A) by striking ‘‘that secure’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘that— 
‘‘(i) secure’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) if the applicant receives a firearm 
from a local law enforcement authority, Federal 
law enforcement agency, or any other entity of 
a Federal, State, local, or Tribal government 
for the purposes of destroying such firearm, the 
applicant will destroy such firearm using a cov-
ered method of firearm destruction.’’; 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘de-
struction,’’ after ‘‘sale,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8)(A) Not later than 1 year after the effective date 
of the Firearm Destruction Licensure Act of 2025, and 
each year thereafter, each licensed dealer who is a firearm 
destroyer shall submit a report to the Director of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on the 
number of firearms the licensed dealer destroyed during 
the previous year, including the number of firearms that 
the licensed dealer— 
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‘‘(i) received for the purposes of destroying 
such firearms; 
‘‘(ii) received from a local law enforcement au-
thority, Federal law enforcement agency, or any 
other entity of a Federal, State, local, or Tribal gov-
ernment and destroyed using a covered method of 
firearm destruction; and 
‘‘(iii) destroyed other than pursuant to clause 
(ii), including the number of firearms whereby the li-
censed dealer destroyed the frame, receiver, or other 
part, attachment, accessory, or other component of 
a firearm but did not render all parts, attachments, 
accessories, or other components received with such 
firearm unable to be restored to working condition 
and otherwise reduced to scrap. 
‘‘(B) The Attorney General, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives, shall make publicly available— 
‘‘(i) each report submitted under subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(ii) an aggregate of the information submitted 
under subparagraph (A).’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) A licensed dealer who receives a firearm from 
a local law enforcement authority, Federal law enforce-
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ment agency, or any other entity of a Federal, State, local, 
or Tribal government for the purposes of destroying such 
firearm shall— 
‘‘(1) destroy such firearm using a covered 
method of firearm destruction, unless the licensed 
dealer and such entity agree otherwise; and 
‘‘(2) make publicly available information re-
garding any amount the licensed dealer charges a 
local law enforcement authority, Federal law en-
forcement agency, or any other entity of a Federal, 
State, local, or Tribal government to destroy fire-
arms.’’. 
(d) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)(1)(C),’’ 
before ‘‘(s) or (t)’’. 
(e) GRANTS
FOR
DESTROYING
FIREARMS.—The 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public Law 
103–159) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 107. GRANTS FOR DESTROYING FIREARMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year 
after the effective date of the Firearm Destruction Licen-
sure Act of 2025, the Attorney General, acting through 
the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives, shall award grants to eligible entities for 
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the purposes of paying a licensed dealer to destroy fire-
arms using a covered method of firearm destruction. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED METHOD OF FIREARM DESTRUC-
TION; 
LICENSED
DEALER.—The terms ‘covered 
method of firearm destruction’ and ‘licensed dealer’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 
921(a) of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a State, local, or Tribal government. 
‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary.’’. 
(f) APPLICABILITY; RULEMAKING.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to a 
dealer who obtains a license under section 923 
of title 18, United States Code, prior to the ef-
fective date of this section. 
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(B) CERTIFICATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.— 
Not later than the effective date of this section, 
a dealer who obtains a license under section 
923 of title 18, United States Code, prior to the 
effective date of this section shall submit to the 
Attorney General the certification required 
under section 923(d)(1)(G)(ii) of such title (as 
amended by this Act). 
(C) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—The Attorney 
General may, after notice and opportunity for 
hearing, revoke the license of a dealer issued 
under section 923 of title 18, United States 
Code, if the holder of such license willfully vio-
lates subparagraph (B). 
(2) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General, acting through the Director of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, shall 
issue a final rule to implement this section, including 
by prescribing— 
(A) acceptable methods of destruction to 
render a firearm and all parts, attachments, ac-
cessories, or other components received with 
such firearm unable to be restored to working 
condition and otherwise reduced to scrap; and 
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