I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 868 
To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make 
grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct 
gun buyback programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. CLAY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assist-
ance to make grants to States, units of local government, 
and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs. 
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 ‘‘Safer Neighborhoods 
Gun Buyback Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Direc-
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tor’’) may make grants to eligible entities to conduct gun 
buyback programs. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 
(1) a State; 
(2) a unit of local government; or 
(3) a gun dealer if neither the unit of local gov-
ernment nor the State where such dealer is located 
receives a grant under this Act. 
SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The chief executive of an eligible entity 
seeking a grant under this Act shall submit an application 
to the Director at such time and containing such informa-
tion as the Director may reasonably require. 
(b) SUBGRANTS.—A gun dealer located in a unit of 
local government or State that does receive a grant under 
this Act seeking a subgrant shall submit an application 
to the chief executive of such unit of local government or 
State at such time and containing such information as the 
chief executive may reasonably require, including proof of 
such dealer’s license under section 923 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 4. TERM OF GRANT. 
(a) TERM.—The term of a grant awarded under this 
Act shall be two years. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
(1) GUN DEALERS.—A gun dealer that receives 
a grant or subgrant under this Act shall return to 
the Director any remaining smart prepaid cards and 
any unused portion of such grant or subgrant that 
was allocated to be used to buy back guns— 
(A) in the case of a gun dealer receiving a 
grant, at the end of the two-year period begin-
ning on the date that the grant was awarded; 
or 
(B) in the case of a gun dealer receiving 
a subgrant, at the end of the two-year period 
beginning on the date that the grant was 
awarded to the State or unit of local govern-
ment from which the gun dealer received a 
subgrant. 
(2) STATES
OR
UNITS
OF
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—A State of unit of local government that re-
ceives a grant under this Act shall return to the Di-
rector any unused portion of such grant at the end 
of the two-year and 270-day period beginning on the 
date that the grant was awarded. 
(c) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—The Director shall re-
turn to the general fund of the Treasury any amounts re-
turned under subsection (b). 
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SEC. 5. SMART PREPAID CARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the grant program 
authorized under section 2, the Director may reserve such 
funds as may be necessary to acquire and distribute smart 
prepaid cards to eligible entities that receive grants under 
this Act. The Director shall distribute the smart prepaid 
cards without any funds loaded onto the cards. 
(b) MARKET VALUE OF GUNS.—The Director shall 
determine the market value of each gun listed in section 
7(2) and make such information publicly available. 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON USE
OF CARDS TO BUY 
GUNS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A person may not use a 
smart prepaid card to buy a gun or ammunition, 
and a merchant may not accept a smart prepaid 
card to sell a gun or ammunition. 
(2) PENALTY.—A merchant that violates para-
graph (1) shall pay to the Director an amount that 
is equal to the value of the prohibited sale. 
SEC. 6. USES OF FUNDS. 
(a) STATES AND UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
A State or unit of local government receiving a grant 
under this Act shall use such funds to do the following: 
(1) SUBGRANTS TO GUN DEALERS.—Distribute 
not less than 80 percent of such funds in the form 
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