I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3373 
To create a system to report the movement of firearm parts across State 
lines, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2025 
Ms. TOKUDA (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CASAR, 
Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. DEAN 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. TRAN, Mr. 
LEVIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. RANDALL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DAVIS of Il-
linois, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. SA-
LINAS, Mr. MIN, and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To create a system to report the movement of firearm parts 
across State lines, 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 ‘‘Gun Hardware Over-
sight and Shipment Tracking Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘GHOST Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL INTERSTATE FIREARM PARTS REPORT-
ING SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 935. Federal Interstate Firearm Parts Reporting 
System 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
establish and operate a program under this section, to be 
known as the ‘Federal Interstate Firearm Parts Reporting 
System’, to assist law enforcement officers in monitoring 
the shipment or transportation of covered firearm compo-
nents in interstate or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(b) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 5 business days be-
fore an entity ships or transports in interstate or 
foreign commerce a covered firearm component, the 
entity shall register the shipment or transportation 
of the covered firearm component by submitting to 
the Attorney General, in such form and manner de-
termined by the Attorney General, the following in-
formation: 
‘‘(A) The name, physical mailing address, 
phone number or electronic mail address, and 
the eligible identification number of the entity. 
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‘‘(B) The name, physical mailing address, 
phone number or electronic mail address, and 
the eligible identification number of the in-
tended recipient of the covered firearm compo-
nent. 
‘‘(C) The method by which the entity is 
shipping or transporting the covered firearm 
component, such as by mail, personal delivery, 
or delivery by courier, and the name of the 
shipper or transporter. 
‘‘(D) A list or manifest of the items in, or 
a bill of lading with respect to, the package or 
cargo containing the covered firearm compo-
nent, prepared by the entity for the shipment or 
transportation. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT FOR DELIVERY.— 
‘‘(A) POSTAL DELIVERY TO REQUIRE REG-
ISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL.—An entity using 
the mails to ship or transport a covered firearm 
component in interstate or foreign commerce 
shall use registered or certified mail, return re-
ceipt requested, or an equivalent service deter-
mined by the Attorney General in consultation 
with the United States Postal Service. 
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‘‘(B) OTHER FORMS OF DELIVERY TO RE-
QUIRE SIGNATURE OF RECIPIENT.—An entity 
using a means other than the mails to ship or 
transport a covered firearm component in inter-
state or foreign commerce a covered firearm 
component by delivery shall obtain, cause to ob-
tain, or use a service that requires, the signa-
ture of the recipient on delivery and notification 
to the entity of the signature. 
‘‘(3) CONFIRMATION OF DELIVERY.—Within 5 
business days after submitting to the Attorney Gen-
eral the information described in paragraph (1), an 
entity that ships or transports in interstate or for-
eign commerce a covered firearm component shall 
submit to the Attorney General the date that the en-
tity began the shipment or transportation and— 
‘‘(A)(i) any documentation received by the 
entity with respect to the delivery; and 
‘‘(ii) the date that the recipient received 
the covered firearm component according to the 
documentation; or 
‘‘(B) a certification that the entity has not 
received the documentation, in which case the 
entity shall comply with subparagraph (A) at 
the earliest possible opportunity and submit an 
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additional such certification every 5 business 
days thereafter until— 
‘‘(i) the entity is able to, and does, 
comply with subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) the Attorney General informs the 
entity that additional certifications are not 
required. 
‘‘(4) SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(A) RETROACTIVE REGISTRATION AFTER 
SHIPMENT
OR
TRANSPORTATION.—Subject to 
subparagraph (C), an entity that ships or trans-
ports in interstate or foreign commerce a cov-
ered firearm component without complying with 
paragraph (1) may retroactively register the 
shipment or transportation of the covered fire-
arm component by submitting to the Attorney 
General the information required by paragraph 
(1) not later than 5 business days after the 
completion of delivery. 
‘‘(B) PUTATIVE REGISTRATION BY RECIPI-
ENT.—The recipient of a covered firearm com-
ponent shipped or transported in interstate or 
foreign commerce may file a putative registra-
tion of the shipment or transportation of the 
covered firearm component by submitting to the 
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Attorney General, not later than 5 business 
days after receiving the covered firearm compo-
nent— 
‘‘(i) such information required under 
paragraph (1) available to the recipient, 
with a certification that the information is 
accurate and complete to the best of the 
ability of the recipient; or 
‘‘(ii) a written assurance provided to 
the recipient by the entity that shipped or 
transported the covered firearm component 
that contains the information required 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) DISCRETION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL 
TO
PROHIBIT
RETROACTIVE
REGISTRATION.— 
The Attorney General may prohibit an entity 
from retroactively registering the shipment or 
transportation of a covered firearm component 
under subparagraph (A) if the Attorney Gen-
eral— 
‘‘(i) determines that the entity rou-
tinely fails to comply with paragraph (1) 
and relies on subparagraph (A) for the 
registration of a shipment or transpor-
tation of a covered firearm component; and 
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