I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4730 
To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to make 
grants to entities to develop gun safety technology, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. 
LYNCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot pro-
gram to make grants to entities to develop gun safety 
technology, 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 ‘‘Advancing Gun Safety 
Technology Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. GUN SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, 
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is authorized to carry out a pilot program to make grants 
to eligible entities to develop gun safety technology. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the grant program 
under this section is to support the commercialization of 
technology that decreases the likelihood that a gun can 
be used accidentally or by unauthorized users. 
(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Attorney General 
an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General may rea-
sonably require, which information shall include a descrip-
tion of the entity’s commitment and plans to develop gun 
safety technology and an initial gun safety product design. 
(d) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Attorney General 
shall make not less than 3 grants and not more than 5 
grants under the pilot program under this section. 
(e) REPORT.—An eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this section shall report to the Attorney General, 
at such times and including such information as the Attor-
ney General may reasonably require, related milestones for 
the gun safety technology funded under this section, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) Building a prototype. 
(2) Conducting reliability testing. 
(3) Planning for trial production. 
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(4) Preparing to commercialize. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
2021. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a small 
business concern (as defined under section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that has less 
than 500 employees. 
(2) The term ‘‘gun’’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘‘firearm’’ in section 921 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘gun safety technology’’ means 
technology that is designed to reduce the likelihood 
of an accidental or unauthorized use of a gun, in-
cluding smart guns, user-authorized handguns, 
childproof guns, personalized guns, and safes and 
locking devices that include personalized technology. 
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