I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3830 
To reduce gun violence, increase mental health counseling, and enhance the 
tracking of lost and stolen firearms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2015 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself and Mr. JEFFRIES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce gun violence, increase mental health counseling, 
and enhance the tracking of lost and stolen firearms. 
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 ‘‘Reducing Gun Violence 
in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. TAX ON FIREARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4181 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘There is hereby’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL TAX ON FIREARMS.—In addition 
to the tax imposed by subsection (a), there is hereby im-
posed upon the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or im-
porter of any firearm a tax in the amount of $100.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION FOR FIREARMS ACQUIRED FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.—Section 4182 of such Code is amended 
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and by 
inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FROM ADDITIONAL TAX FOR FIRE-
ARMS ACQUIRED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The tax im-
posed by section 4181(b) shall not apply to any firearm 
which is purchased by the United States or by a State 
or local government for police or other law enforcement 
purposes.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales in calendar months begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION 
AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING TRUST 
FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9512. GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND MENTAL 
HEALTH COUNSELING TRUST FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘Gun Violence Reduction and Mental 
Health Counseling Trust Fund’, consisting of such 
amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such fund 
as provided in this section or section 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Gun Violence Reduction and Men-
tal Health Counseling Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 
taxes received in the Treasury under section 4181(b). 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Gun Violence 
Reduction and Mental Health Counseling Trust Fund 
shall be available, without need of further appropriation 
and without regard to any fiscal year limitation, as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) 50 percent of such amounts for making ex-
penditures to carry out, with respect to block grants 
for community mental health services, subparts I 
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and III of part B of title XIX of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.), and 
‘‘(2) 50 percent of such amounts for making ex-
penditures to carry out subpart 1 of part E of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
Amounts made available under this subsection shall sup-
plement and not supplant amounts otherwise made avail-
able to carry out the provisions referred to this sub-
section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Gun Violence Reduction and Mental Health Counseling Trust 
Fund.’’. 
SEC. 4. PASSIVE CAPABILITY TO IDENTIFY LOST AND STO-
LEN FIREARMS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL STANDARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall, 
in consultation with the National Institute for 
Standards and Technology, establish in regulations a 
national standard for the incorporation of a passive 
identification capability into all firearms sold in the 
United States. 
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(2) PASSIVE IDENTIFICATION CAPABILITY DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘passive identi-
fication capability’’ means a technology that— 
(A) enables a firearm to be identified by a 
mobile or fixed reading device; and 
(B) does not emit or broadcast an elec-
tronic signal or other information that would 
enable the firearm or its owner to be monitored 
or tracked. 
(3) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
developing 
the 
standard, the Attorney General shall give equal pri-
ority to the following: 
(A) The right of firearm owners to main-
tain their full right to privacy under the 4th 
Amendment and their right to legally own fire-
arms under the 2nd Amendment. 
(B) The ability of law enforcement authori-
ties to use the capability to track lost and sto-
len guns. 
(C) The ability of manufacturers to incor-
porate the capability using existing firearm 
manufacturing processes. 
(D) The resistance to tampering and de-
struction of the technology used to incorporate 
the capability. 
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