117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7910 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an 
increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, 
prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on 
untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of fire-
arms, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Protecting Our Kids Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—RAISE THE AGE 
Sec. 101. Prohibition on Federal firearms licensee selling or delivering certain 
semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire 
shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions. 
Sec. 102. Operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s public access line. 
TITLE II—PREVENT GUN TRAFFICKING 
Sec. 201. Prohibition on straw purchases of firearms; prohibition on gun traf-
ficking. 
Sec. 202. Prohibition on disposition of firearm to person intending unlawful 
further disposition. 
Sec. 203. Penalties. 
Sec. 204. Firearms subject to forfeiture. 
TITLE III—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS 
Sec. 301. Requirement that all firearms be traceable. 
Sec. 302. Modernization of the prohibition on undetectable firearms. 
TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE 
Sec. 401. Ethan’s Law. 
Sec. 402. Safe guns, safe kids. 
Sec. 403. Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage. 
TITLE V—CLOSING THE BUMP STOCK LOOPHOLE 
Sec. 501. Bump stocks. 
TITLE VI—KEEP AMERICANS SAFE 
Sec. 601. Definitions. 
Sec. 602. Restrictions on large capacity ammunition feeding devices. 
Sec. 603. Penalties. 
Sec. 604. Use of Byrne grants for buy-back programs for large capacity ammu-
nition feeding devices. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 701. NICS Report.
TITLE I—RAISE THE AGE 
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE 
SELLING OR DELIVERING CERTAIN SEMI-
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMI-
AUTOMATIC CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A 
PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EX-
CEPTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any indi-
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable 
cause to believe has not attained 18 years of age; 
‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi-
automatic centerfire shotgun that has, or has the ca-
pacity to accept, an ammunition feeding device with 
a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, to any individual who 
the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe 
has not attained 21 years of age and is not a quali-
fied individual; or 
‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a 
semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic 
centerfire shotgun described in subparagraph (B) 
and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition 
for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the li-
censee knows or has reasonable cause to believe has 
not attained 21 years of age;’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of any 
firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or 
more of age’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) in the case of a semiauto-
matic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shotgun 
that has, or has the capacity to accept, an ammunition 
feeding device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, I am 
at least 21 years of age or a qualified individual (as de-
fined in section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States 
Code), (2) in the case of a firearm other than a shotgun, 
a rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semi-
automatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least 21 years of 
age, or (3) in the case of any other shotgun or rifle, I 
am at least 18 years of age’’. 
(c) QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUAL
DEFINED.—Section 
921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after para-
graph (29) the following: 
‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means— 
‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active 
duty; and 
‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, 
a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in
the course of his or her official duties is authorized 
to carry a firearm. 
‘‘(31) The term ‘ammunition feeding device’ means 
a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, but 
does not include an attached tubular device which is only 
capable of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammuni-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 102. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-
TIGATION’S PUBLIC ACCESS LINE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives a report regarding operation of 
the FBI’s public access line. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 
(1) A description of the protocols and proce-
dures in effect with respect to information-sharing 
between the public access line and the field offices 
of the FBI. 
(2) Recommendations for improving the proto-
cols and procedures to improve the information-shar-
ing.
TITLE II—PREVENT GUN 
TRAFFICKING 
SEC. 201. PROHIBITION ON STRAW PURCHASES OF FIRE-
ARMS; PROHIBITION ON GUN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(37) The term ‘family members’ means spouses, do-
mestic partners, parents and their children, including 
step-parents and their step-children, siblings, aunts or un-
cles and their nieces or nephews, or grandparents and 
their grandchildren.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 932. Gun trafficking 
‘‘(a) It shall be unlawful for any person (other than 
a licensee under this chapter), in or otherwise affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, to knowingly purchase or 
acquire, or attempt to purchase or acquire, a firearm for 
the possession of a third party. 
‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person (other than 
a licensee under this chapter), in or otherwise affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, to hire, solicit, command, 
induce, or otherwise endeavor to persuade another person 
to purchase, or attempt to purchase, any firearm for the
purpose of obtaining the firearm for the person or selling 
or transferring the firearm to a third party. 
‘‘(c) The Attorney General shall ensure that the fire-
arm transaction record form required to be completed in 
connection with a firearm transaction includes a statement 
outlining the penalties that may be imposed for violating 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to any firearm, if 
the purchaser or person acquiring the firearm has no rea-
son to believe that the recipient of the firearm will use 
or intends to use the firearm in a crime or is prohibited 
from purchasing or possessing firearms under State or 
Federal law and the firearm— 
‘‘(1) is purchased or acquired by any person, or 
that any person attempts to purchase or acquire, as 
a bona fide gift between family members; or 
‘‘(2) is purchased or acquired by an agent of a 
lawful business, or that an agent of a lawful busi-
ness attempts to purchase or acquire, for the pur-
pose of transferring to another agent of the busi-
ness, for lawful use in the business.’’. 
(b) FORFEITURE.—Section 982(a)(5) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) section 922(a)(1)(A) (related to unlicensed 
firearms sales); 
‘‘(G) section 922(d) (relating to illegal gun 
transfers); or 
‘‘(H) section 932 (relating to gun trafficking),’’. 
(c) MONEY
LAUNDERING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1956(c)(7)(D) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 924(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 922(a)(1)(A), 922(d), 
924(n), or 932’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘932. Gun trafficking.’’. 
SEC. 202. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSITION OF FIREARM TO 
PERSON INTENDING UNLAWFUL FURTHER 
DISPOSITION. 
Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in the 1st sentence— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after and below paragraph (9) 
the following:
‘‘(10) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of the 
firearm or ammunition in violation of a Federal law, 
or to sell or otherwise dispose of the firearm or am-
munition to a person in another State in violation of 
a law of that State.’’. 
SEC. 203. PENALTIES. 
Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(a)(1)(A) 
or 932 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 10 years, or both.’’. 
SEC. 204. FIREARMS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE. 
Section 924(d) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 932’’ 
after ‘‘section 924’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) any offense under section 932.’’.
TITLE III—UNTRACEABLE 
FIREARMS 
SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT THAT ALL FIREARMS BE TRACE-
ABLE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (10), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The term ‘manufacturing firearms’ shall 
include assembling a functional firearm or molding, 
machining, or 3D printing a frame or receiver, and 
shall not include making or fitting special barrels, 
stocks, or trigger mechanisms to firearms.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(38) The term ‘ghost gun’— 
‘‘(A) means a firearm, including a frame or re-
ceiver, that lacks a unique serial number engraved 
or cast on the frame or receiver by a licensed manu-
facturer or importer in accordance with this chapter; 
and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) a firearm that has been rendered per-
manently inoperable; 
‘‘(ii) a firearm that, not later than 30 
months after the date of enactment of this
paragraph, has been identified by means of a 
unique serial number, assigned by a State agen-
cy, engraved or cast on the receiver or frame of 
the firearm in accordance with State law; 
‘‘(iii) a firearm manufactured or imported 
before December 16, 1968; or 
‘‘(iv) a firearm identified as provided for 
under section 5842 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
‘‘(39) The term ‘fire control component’— 
‘‘(A) means a component necessary for the fire-
arm to initiate or complete the firing sequence; and 
‘‘(B) includes a hammer, bolt or breechblock, 
cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, and 
slide rails. 
‘‘(40)(A) The term ‘frame or receiver’— 
‘‘(i) means a part of a weapon that provides or 
is intended to provide the housing or structure to 
hold or integrate 1 or more fire control components, 
even if pins or other attachments are required to 
connect those components to the housing or struc-
ture; 
‘‘(ii) includes a frame or receiver, blank, cast-
ing, or machined body, that requires modification, 
including machining, drilling, filing or molding, to be
used as part of a functional firearm, and which is 
designed and intended to be used in the assembly of 
a functional firearm, unless the piece of material has 
had— 
‘‘(I) its size or external shape altered solely 
to facilitate transportation or storage; or 
‘‘(II) solely its chemical composition al-
tered. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), if a weap-
on with more than 1 part that provides the housing or 
a structure designed to hold or integrate 1 or more fire 
control or essential components, each such part shall be 
considered a frame or receiver, unless the Attorney Gen-
eral has provided otherwise by regulation or other formal 
determination with respect to the specific make and model 
of weapon on or before January 1, 2023.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION; REQUIREMENTS.—Section 922 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(aa)(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, 
offer to sell, transfer, purchase, or receive a ghost gun 
in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to—
‘‘(i) the manufacture of a firearm by a licensed 
manufacturer if the licensed manufacturer complies 
with section 923(i) before selling or transferring the 
firearm to another person; 
‘‘(ii) the offer to sell, sale, or transfer of a fire-
arm to, or purchase or receipt of a firearm by, a li-
censed manufacturer or importer before the date 
that is 30 months after the date of enactment of 
this subsection; or 
‘‘(iii) transactions between licensed manufactur-
ers and importers on any date. 
‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for a person other than a 
licensed manufacturer or importer to engrave or cast a 
serial number on a firearm in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce unless specifically authorized by the At-
torney General. 
‘‘(3) Beginning on the date that is 30 months after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or 
importer to knowingly possess a ghost gun in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(4) Beginning on the date that is 30 months after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or 
importer to possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate
or foreign commerce with the intent to sell or transfer the 
ghost gun with or without further manufacturing or to 
manufacture a firearm with the ghost gun. 
‘‘(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, 
offer to sell, or transfer, in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce, to any person other than a licensed manu-
facturer a machine that has the sole or primary function 
of manufacturing firearms. 
‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (A), begin-
ning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person 
other than a licensed manufacturer to possess, purchase, 
or receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, 
a machine that has the sole or primary function of manu-
facturing firearms. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to a person 
who is engaged in the business of selling manufacturing 
equipment to a licensed manufacturer who possesses a ma-
chine with the intent to sell or transfer the machine to 
a licensed manufacturer.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REMOVAL OF SERIAL NUMBERS.—Section 
922(k) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘importer’s or manufactur-
er’s’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘authorized by this chap-
ter or under State law’’ before ‘‘removed’’ each 
place it appears. 
(2) LICENSED IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTUR-
ERS.—Section 923(i) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)(A)’’ before ‘‘Li-
censed’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The serial number shall be engraved or cast 
on the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient 
to identify the firearm and the manufacturer or 
importer that put the serial number on the fire-
arm. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this paragraph, the Attorney General shall 
prescribe regulations for engraving a unique serial number 
onto a ghost gun. 
‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph 
(A) shall— 
‘‘(i) allow an owner of a firearm described in 
subparagraph (A) to have a unique serial number
engraved on the firearm by a licensed manufacturer 
or importer; and 
‘‘(ii) require that a serial number be engraved 
on the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient to 
identify the firearm and the licensed manufacturer 
or importer that put the serial number on the fire-
arm. 
‘‘(C) The regulations authorized under this para-
graph shall expire on the date that is 30 months after 
the date of enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
(d) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(q), (aa)(1), (aa)(2), (aa)(4), or 
(aa)(5)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c) 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘func-
tional’’ before ‘‘firearm’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat-
ter preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘func-
tional’’ before ‘‘firearm’’; and
(iii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by in-
serting ‘‘functional’’ before ‘‘firearm’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘all or 
part of the firearm’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘person.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘all or part of the functional firearm, or other-
wise make the presence of the functional fire-
arm known to another person, in order to in-
timidate that person, regardless of whether the 
functional firearm is directly visible to that per-
son.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(k), (aa)(1), (aa)(2), (aa)(4), or 
(aa)(5)’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘through 
the possession of a functional firearm’’ before ‘‘and 
has three’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) A person who violates section 922(aa)(3) shall— 
‘‘(1) in the case of the first violation by the per-
son, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 1 year, or both; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of any subsequent violation by 
the person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both.’’.
SEC. 302. MODERNIZATION OF THE PROHIBITION ON 
UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS. 
Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘any firearm’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) an undetectable firearm; or’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any 
major component of which, when subjected to 
inspection by the types of x-ray machines com-
monly used at airports, does not generate’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘a major component of 
a firearm which, if subjected to inspection by 
the types of detection devices commonly used at 
airports for security screening, would not gen-
erate’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) the term ‘undetectable firearm’ means a 
firearm, as defined in section 921(a)(3)(A), of which 
no major component is wholly made of detectable 
material;’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) the term ‘major component’, with respect 
to a firearm— 
‘‘(i) means the slide or cylinder or the 
frame or receiver of the firearm; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a rifle or shotgun, in-
cludes the barrel of the firearm; and’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and all 
that follows through the end of the undesig-
nated matter following subparagraph (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) the term ‘detectable material’ means any 
material that creates a magnetic field equivalent to 
or more than 3.7 ounces of 17–4 pH stainless 
steel.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding a prototype,’’ after ‘‘of a firearm’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence; and 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘shall not 
apply to any firearm which’’ and all that follows and 
inserting the following: ‘‘shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) any firearm received by, in the possession 
of, or under the control of the United States; or
‘‘(B) the manufacture, importation, possession, 
transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm 
by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pur-
suant to a contract with the United States.’’. 
TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE 
SEC. 401. ETHAN’S LAW. 
(a) SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE.— 
Section 922(z) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) SECURE GUN STORAGE BY OWNERS.— 
‘‘(A) OFFENSE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), it shall be unlawful for 
a person to store or keep any firearm that 
has moved in, or that has otherwise af-
fected, interstate or foreign commerce on 
the premises of a residence under the con-
trol of the person if the person knows, or 
reasonably should know, that— 
‘‘(I) a minor is likely to gain ac-
cess to the firearm without the per-
mission of the parent or guardian of 
the minor; or
‘‘(II) a resident of the residence 
is ineligible to possess a firearm under 
Federal, State, or local law. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall 
not apply to a person if— 
‘‘(I) the person— 
‘‘(aa) keeps the firearm— 
‘‘(AA) secure using a 
secure gun storage or safety 
device; or 
‘‘(BB) in a location 
which a reasonable person 
would believe to be secure; 
or 
‘‘(bb) carries the firearm on 
his or her person or within such 
close proximity thereto that the 
person can retrieve and use the 
firearm as readily as if the per-
son carried the firearm on his or 
her person; or 
‘‘(II) another individual unlaw-
fully enters the premises under the 
control of the person and thereby 
gains access to the firearm.
‘‘(B) PENALTY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as other-
wise provided in this subparagraph, any 
person who violates subparagraph (A) shall 
be fined $500 per violation. 
‘‘(ii) FORFEITURE
OF
IMPROPERLY 
STORED FIREARM.—Any firearm stored in 
violation of subparagraph (A) shall be sub-
ject to seizure and forfeiture in accordance 
with the procedures described in section 
924(d). 
‘‘(C) MINOR DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘minor’ means an individual who has 
not attained 18 years of age.’’. 
(b) FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM.—Title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘PART PP—FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3061. FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney General 
shall make grants to an eligible State or Indian Tribe to 
assist the State or Indian Tribe in carrying out the provi-
sions of any State or Tribal law that is functionally iden-
tical to section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a State or Indian Tribe shall be eligible 
to receive grants under this section on and after the 
date on which the State or Indian Tribe enacts legis-
lation functionally identical to section 922(z)(4) of 
title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) FIRST YEAR ELIGIBILITY EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered State or In-
dian Tribe shall be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section during the 1-year period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this part. 
‘‘(B) COVERED STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.— 
In this paragraph, the term ‘covered State or 
Indian Tribe’ means a State or Indian Tribe 
that, before the date of enactment of this part, 
enacted legislation that is functionally identical 
to section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this 
section may be used by a State or Indian Tribe to assist 
law enforcement agencies or the courts of the State or In-
dian Tribe in enforcing and otherwise facilitating compli-
ance with any State law functionally identical to section 
922(z)(4), of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible State or Indian 
Tribe desiring a grant under this section shall submit to 
the Assistant Attorney General an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by 
such information, as the Assistant Attorney General may 
reasonably require. 
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES.—For each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the Attorney General shall give affirmative 
preference to all Bureau of Justice Assistance discre-
tionary grant applications of a State or Indian Tribe that 
has enacted legislation functionally identical to section 
922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 402. SAFE GUNS, SAFE KIDS. 
Paragraph (4)(B) of section 922(z) of title 18, 
United States Code, as added by this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) ENHANCED PENALTY.—If a per-
son violates subparagraph (A) and a minor 
or a resident who is ineligible to possess a 
firearm under Federal, State, or local law 
obtains the firearm and causes injury or 
death to such minor, resident, or any other 
individual, the person shall be fined under 
this title, imprisoned for not more than 5 
years, or both.’’.
SEC. 403. KIMBERLY VAUGHAN FIREARM SAFE STORAGE. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES
FOR SAFE FIREARM STOR-
AGE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.— 
(i) Not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall establish voluntary best practices 
relating to safe firearm storage solely for 
the purpose of public education. 
(ii) The Attorney General shall give 
not less than ninety days public notice, and 
shall afford interested parties opportunity 
for hearing, before establishing such best 
practices. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the 
best practices required under subparagraph (A), 
the Attorney General shall outline such best 
practices for preventing firearm loss, theft, and 
other unauthorized access for the following lo-
cations: 
(i) Businesses. 
(ii) Vehicles. 
(iii) Private homes. 
(iv) Off-site storage facilities.
(v) Any other such place the Attorney 
General deems appropriate to provide such 
guidance. 
(C) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 1 year 
after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall publish, in print and on a public 
website, the best practices created pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) and shall review such best 
practices and update them not less than annu-
ally. 
(b) PROMOTION OF SAFE FIREARM STORAGE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(m) Beginning on January 1, 2025, licensed manu-
facturers and licensed importers that serialize not less 
than 250 firearms annually pursuant to subsection (i) 
shall provide a clear and conspicuous written notice with 
each manufactured or imported handgun, rifle, or shotgun 
that— 
‘‘(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on 
or within any packaging of, each handgun, rifle, or 
shotgun; and 
‘‘(2) states ‘SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES’ 
followed by the address of the public website estab-
lished by the Attorney General pursuant to section 
403(a) of the Protecting Our Kids Act.’’. 
(c) SAFE STORAGE DEVICES
FOR ALL FIREARM 
SALES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘hand-
gun’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘handgun, 
rifle, or shotgun’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect 
on the date that is 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act. 
(d) KIMBERLY VAUGHAN SAFE FIREARM STORAGE 
GRANT PROGRAM.—Part PP of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10101 et seq.), as added by this Act, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3062. KIMBERLY VAUGHAN FIREARM SAFE STORAGE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General may 
award grants to States and Indian Tribes for the develop-
ment, implementation, and evaluation of Safe Firearm 
Storage Assistance Programs. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each applicant 
for a grant under this section shall—
‘‘(1) submit to the Attorney General an applica-
tion at such time, in such a manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, identify State, 
local, Tribal, and private funds available to supple-
ment the funds received under this section. 
‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTEE REPORT.—A recipient of a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an annual report, which includes the following 
information: 
‘‘(A) The amount distributed to each Safe 
Firearm Storage Assistance Program in the ju-
risdiction. 
‘‘(B) The number of safe firearm storage 
devices distributed by each such Safe Firearm 
Storage Assistance Program. 
A recipient of a grant under this section may not in-
clude any personally identifying information of re-
cipients of safe firearms storage devices pursuant to 
a Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Program that re-
ceived funding pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.—Beginning 
13 months after the first grants are awarded under
this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney 
General shall submit to Congress a report, which 
shall include following information: 
‘‘(A) A list of grant recipients during the 
previous year, including the funds awarded, cu-
mulatively and disaggregated by grantee. 
‘‘(B) The information collected pursuant to 
subsection (d)(1). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2033, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this 
section shall be allocated as follows: 
‘‘(1) Not less than 75 percent of the funds re-
ceived by a grantee shall be used to create or to pro-
vide resources for Safe Firearm Storage Assistance 
Programs in the jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) Not more than 25 percent of the funds re-
ceived by a grantee may be made available to non-
profit organizations to partner with units of local 
government to purchase and distribute safe firearm 
storage devices. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘safe firearm storage device’ 
means a device that is— 
‘‘(A) designed and marketed for the prin-
cipal purpose of denying unauthorized access to, 
or rendering inoperable, a firearm or ammuni-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) secured by a combination lock, key 
lock, or lock based on biometric information 
which, once locked, is incapable of being opened 
without the combination, key, or biometric in-
formation, respectively. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Safe Firearm Storage Assist-
ance Program’ means a program— 
‘‘(A) carried out by a unit of local govern-
ment or an Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(B) solely for the purpose of acquiring 
and distributing safe firearm storage devices to 
the public.’’. 
TITLE V—CLOSING THE BUMP 
STOCK LOOPHOLE 
SEC. 501. BUMP STOCKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and (8) a de-
structive device.’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) a destructive 
device; and (9) a bump stock.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(n) BUMP STOCK.—The term ‘bump stock’ means 
any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Any manual, power-driven, or electronic 
device that is designed such that when the device is 
attached to a semiautomatic weapon, the device 
eliminates the need for the operator of a semiauto-
matic weapon to make a separate movement for each 
individual function of the trigger and— 
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of 
the semiautomatic weapon, or 
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of 
fire of a machinegun. 
‘‘(2) Any part or combination of parts that is 
designed and functions to eliminate the need for the 
operator of a semiautomatic weapon to make a sepa-
rate movement for each individual function of the 
trigger and— 
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of 
a semiautomatic weapon, or
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of 
fire of a machinegun. 
‘‘(3) Any semiautomatic weapon that has been 
modified in any way that eliminates the need for the 
operator of the semiautomatic weapon to make a 
separate movement for each individual function of 
the trigger and— 
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of 
the semiautomatic weapon, or 
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of 
fire of a machinegun. 
‘‘(o) SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON.—The term ‘semi-
automatic weapon’ means any repeating weapon that— 
‘‘(1) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing 
cartridge or shell to extract the fired cartridge case 
or shell casing and chamber the next round, and 
‘‘(2) requires a separate function of the trigger 
to fire each cartridge or shell.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) Section 921(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘muffler 
or firearm silencer’’ and inserting ‘‘muffler, 
firearm silencer, or bump stock’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(41) The term ‘bump stock’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 5845(n) of the National Firearms 
Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(n)).’’. 
(2) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) in each of subsections (a)(4) and 
(b)(4), by inserting ‘‘bump stock,’’ before ‘‘ma-
chinegun’’; and 
(B) in subsection (o)(1) , by inserting ‘‘or 
bump stock’’ before the period. 
TITLE VI—KEEP AMERICANS 
SAFE 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(42) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding 
device’— 
‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, 
helical feeding device, or similar device, including 
any such device joined or coupled with another in 
any manner, that has an overall capacity of, or that 
can be readily restored, changed, or converted to ac-
cept, more than 15 rounds of ammunition; and
‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de-
vice designed to accept, and capable of operating 
only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 
‘‘(43) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 926B.’’. 
SEC. 602. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNI-
TION FEEDING DEVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (u) 
the following: 
‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, 
sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, a large capacity ammuni-
tion feeding device. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession 
of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise 
lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale 
to, transfer to, or possession by the United States 
or a department or agency of the United States or 
a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi-
sion of a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession 
by a qualified law enforcement officer employed by
‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth-
erwise obtained, for official use before such re-
tirement; or 
‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, trans-
fer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition 
feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed 
importer for the purposes of testing or experimen-
tation authorized by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the term 
‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an individual who 
is— 
‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of higher 
education that is eligible for funding under title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or investiga-
tion of crime involving injury to persons or property, 
including apprehension or detention of persons for 
such crimes; 
‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law 
to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and 
make arrests; and 
‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by 
a government entity as a law enforcement officer.’’.
(b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CAPAC-
ITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 923(i) of 
title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is 
further amended by inserting after subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(B) A large capacity ammunition feeding 
device manufactured after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph shall be identified by 
a serial number and the date on which the de-
vice was manufactured or made, legibly and 
conspicuously engraved or cast on the device, 
and such other identification as the Attorney 
General shall by regulations prescribe.’’. 
(c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CAPACITY 
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section 924(d) of title 
18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammu-
nition involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any fire-
arm or ammunition or large capacity am-
munition feeding device involved in’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(k),’’; 
and
(iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or am-
munition intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
firearm or ammunition or large capacity 
ammunition feeding device intended’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu-
nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammu-
nition’’ each place the term appears; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
large capacity ammunition feeding device’’ after 
‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ 
after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammunition’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(v),’’ 
after ‘‘922(n),’’. 
SEC. 603. PENALTIES. 
Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 
as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting 
‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(q),’’.
SEC. 604. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK PRO-
GRAMS FOR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION 
FEEDING DEVICES. 
Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered large 
capacity ammunition feeding devices, as that 
term is defined in section 921 of title 18, 
United States Code, under buy-back programs 
for large capacity ammunition feeding devices.’’. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 701. NICS REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General 
shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives a report that includes, with respect to the 
preceding year, the demographic data of persons who were 
determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based 
on a background check performed by the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System, including race, eth-
nicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability, average
annual income, and English language proficiency, if avail-
able. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7910 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
for an increased age limit on the purchase of cer-
tain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize 
the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encour-
age the safe storage of firearms, and for other 
purposes.