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 ‘‘Homeland Security 
Assessment of Terrorists Use of Ghost Guns Act’’. 
SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT ON TERRORIST USE OF 
GHOST GUNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Intel-
ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall, in coordination with appropriate Federal 
partners, annually develop and disseminate a terrorism 
threat assessment regarding the availability of ghost guns 
in furtherance of an act of terrorism, including the provi-
sion of material support or resources to a foreign terrorist 
organization. Consistent with the protection of classified 
and confidential unclassified information, the Under Sec-
retary shall share the threat assessment developed under 
this section with State, local, and Tribal law enforcement 
officials, including officials who operate within State, local, 
and regional fusion centers through the Department of 
Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion 
Center Initiative established in accordance with section 
210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
124h). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-
ganization designated as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) GHOST GUN.—The term ‘‘ghost gun’’ means 
a firearm, including a frame or receiver, that lacks 
a unique serial number engraved or cast in metal, 
metal alloy, or plastic on the frame or receiver by a 
licensed manufacturer or importer, or is otherwise 
assembled, molded, machined, or 3D printed without 
being associated with a unique serial number. 
(3) FRAME OR RECEIVER.—The term ‘‘frame or 
receiver’’ means the part of a firearm that can pro-
vide the action or housing for the hammer, bolt, or 
breechblock and firing mechanism, and includes a 
frame or lower receiver blank, casting, or machined 
body that requires further machining or molding to 
be used as part of a firearm, and which is designed 
or intended to be used in the assembly of a func-
tional firearm. 
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Union Calendar No. 63 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2621 
[Report No. 116–88] 
A BILL 
To direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to develop and disseminate a threat assess-
ment regarding terrorist use of ghost guns, and 
for other purposes. 
MAY 28, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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