I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9388 
To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain fea-
tures generally absent from firearms in common use, and to restore 
the civil and natural rights of Americans in States hostile to liberty, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 20, 2024 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. HAR-
RIS, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. HIGGINS 
of Louisiana, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns 
have certain features generally absent from firearms in 
common use, and to restore the civil and natural rights 
of Americans in States hostile to liberty, 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 ‘‘Modern Firearm Safe-
ty Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS 
THAT HANDGUNS HAVE CERTAIN FEATURES 
GENERALLY ABSENT FROM FIREARMS IN 
COMMON USE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 927 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 927A. Prohibition on imposition of requirements 
that handguns have certain features gen-
erally absent from firearms in common 
use 
‘‘A department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States, or of any State or political subdivision of 
a State, may not implement or enforce any provision of 
law or regulation that requires or has the effect of requir-
ing, or promulgate any provision of regulation that would 
require or have the effect of requiring, a handgun that 
is in, or has been shipped or transported in, interstate or 
foreign commerce to— 
‘‘(1) incorporate a device that indicates whether 
the handgun is loaded; 
‘‘(2) incorporate a mechanism that prevents a 
handgun from being fired if an ammunition maga-
zine is not fully inserted into the handgun; 
‘‘(3) be capable of microstamping the shell cas-
ing of ammunition with microscopic characters rep-
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resenting the make, model, and serial number of the 
handgun, when the ammunition is fired from the 
handgun; 
‘‘(4) incorporate any device, mechanism, or 
technology that— 
‘‘(A) is designed or intended to perform 
any function described in the preceding provi-
sions of this section; or 
‘‘(B) may be readily converted to be capa-
ble of performing any such function; or 
‘‘(5) be capable of accepting the attachment of 
any device or mechanism described in paragraph 
(4).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 927 the following: 
‘‘927A. Prohibition on imposition of requirements that handguns have certain 
features generally absent from firearms in common use.’’. 
Æ 
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