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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1272 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a Federal firearms licensee 
to provide secure firearms storage information to a prospective firearm 
transferee, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a gun safe credit, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2025 
Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. 
STEVENS, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. GOLDMAN of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a Federal 
firearms licensee to provide secure firearms storage infor-
mation to a prospective firearm transferee, and to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a gun 
safe credit, 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 ‘‘Secure Storage Infor-
mation Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT A FEDERAL FIREARMS LI-
CENSEE PROVIDE SECURE FIREARMS STOR-
AGE INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE FIRE-
ARM TRANSFEREE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Ex-
cept’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT
THAT
DEVICE
BE
PRO-
VIDED WITH HANDGUN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except’’; 
(B) by adding after and below the end the 
following: 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SECURE 
STORAGE INFORMATION WITH ANY FIREARM.— 
It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, 
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, 
deliver, or transfer a firearm to any person 
other than a person licensed under this chapter, 
unless the transferee is provided with such in-
formation about the secure storage of firearms 
as the Attorney General shall prescribe.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1)(A)’’. 
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(b) REGULATIONS.—Within 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
prescribe, by regulation, the secure firearms storage infor-
mation required to be provided by a Federal firearms li-
censee to a prospective firearm transferee, and ensure that 
the information includes— 
(1) that firearms should be stored unloaded, out 
of the reach of children and other persons without 
authorized access, and separately from ammunition; 
(2) that stored firearms should be secured with 
a locking device; 
(3) a statement as to the importance of secure 
storage, including data on the risks of unsecured 
firearms and benefits of securely stored firearms in 
relation to firearm suicide, firearm homicide and as-
sault, school firearm violence, unintentional shoot-
ings, and theft; and 
(4) guidance on the most secure types of de-
vices, including the advantages of gun safes and lock 
boxes compared to trigger and cable locks. 
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