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Union Calendar No. 260 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7910 
[Report No. 117–346, Part I] 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age 
limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, mod-
ernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage 
of firearms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2022 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Ms. JACKSON 
LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
JUNE 6, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
BOURDEAUX, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CAR-
SON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
CRIST, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, 
Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, 
Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HORSFORD, 
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Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
KAHELE, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. 
KIRKPATRICK, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LAMB, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, 
Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 
Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MANNING, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MFUME, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO- 
CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, 
Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
RASKIN, Ms. ROSS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 
SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SCOTT 
of Virginia, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. 
STRICKLAND, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH 
JUNE 6, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 6, 2022 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 31, 2022] 
A BILL 
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. 
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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 ‘‘Pro-
tecting 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 shot-
guns 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 fur-
ther 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 ammuni-
tion feeding devices. 
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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 semi-
automatic 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 licensee knows or 
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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 fire-
arm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eighteen years or more 
of age’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) in the case of a semiautomatic 
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 defined 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 semi-
automatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shot-
gun, 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 paragraph (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. 
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‘‘(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 capa-
ble of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.’’. 
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 sub-
section (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 
(1) A description of the protocols and procedures 
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. 
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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 uncles 
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 
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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 reason 
to believe that the recipient of the firearm will use or in-
tends 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 business 
attempts to purchase or acquire, for the purpose of 
transferring to another agent of the business, for law-
ful 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 
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(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 ‘‘section 
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 following: 
‘‘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: 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
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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 amended— 
(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 manufac-
turer 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 para-
graph, has been identified by means of a unique 
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serial number, assigned by a State agency, en-
graved 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, cyl-
inder, 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 structure; 
‘‘(ii) includes a frame or receiver, blank, casting, 
or machined body, that requires modification, includ-
ing machining, drilling, filing or molding, to be used 
as part of a functional firearm, and which is de-
signed and intended to be used in the assembly of a 
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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 weapon 
with more than 1 part that provides the housing or a struc-
ture 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 General has pro-
vided 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 
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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 sub-
section; 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 se-
rial number on a firearm in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce unless specifically authorized by the Attor-
ney General. 
‘‘(3) Beginning on the date that is 30 months after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful 
for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or im-
porter 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 unlawful 
for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or im-
porter to possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce with the intent to sell or transfer the ghost 
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gun with or without further manufacturing or to manufac-
ture 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 foreign com-
merce, to any person other than a licensed manufacturer 
a machine that has the sole or primary function of manu-
facturing firearms. 
‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (A), begin-
ning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other 
than a licensed manufacturer to possess, purchase, or re-
ceive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a ma-
chine that has the sole or primary function of manufac-
turing 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 amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘importer’s or manufactur-
er’s’’ each place it appears; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘authorized by this chapter 
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 ‘‘Licensed’’; 
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 enact-
ment of this paragraph, the Attorney General shall pre-
scribe 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 en-
graved on the firearm by a licensed manufacturer or 
importer; and 
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‘‘(ii) require that a serial number be engraved on 
the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient to iden-
tify the firearm and the licensed manufacturer or im-
porter that put the serial number on the firearm. 
‘‘(C) The regulations authorized under this paragraph 
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 
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‘‘person.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘all or 
part of the functional firearm, or otherwise make 
the presence of the functional firearm known to 
another person, in order to intimidate that per-
son, regardless of whether the functional firearm 
is directly visible to that person.’’; 
(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)— 
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(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 in-
spection 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 air-
ports for security screening, would not generate’’; 
(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 ma-
terial;’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) the term ‘major component’, with respect to 
a firearm— 
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‘‘(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 undesignated 
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 pursu-
ant to a contract with the United States.’’. 
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TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE 
SEC. 401. ETHAN’S LAW. 
(a) SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE.—Sec-
tion 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 provided 
in clause (ii), it shall be unlawful for a per-
son to store or keep any firearm that has 
moved in, or that has otherwise affected, 
interstate or foreign commerce on the prem-
ises of a residence under the control 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 permis-
sion 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 the person— 
‘‘(I) keeps the firearm— 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(II) carries the firearm on his or 
her person or within such close prox-
imity thereto that the person can read-
ily retrieve and use the firearm as if 
the person carried the firearm on his 
or her person. 
‘‘(B) PENALTY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
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.’’. 
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(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 In-
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dian Tribe’ means a State or Indian Tribe that, 
before the date of enactment of this part, enacted 
legislation that is functionally identical to sec-
tion 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this sec-
tion may be used by a State or Indian Tribe to assist law 
enforcement agencies or the courts of the State or Indian 
Tribe in enforcing and otherwise facilitating compliance 
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 As-
sistant Attorney General an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing or accompanied by such in-
formation, as the Assistant Attorney General may reason-
ably require. 
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES.—For each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the Attorney General shall give affirmative 
preference to all Bureau of Justice Assistance discretionary 
grant applications of a State or Indian Tribe that has en-
acted legislation functionally identical to section 922(z)(4) 
of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
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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 STORAGE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.— 
(i) Not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall establish voluntary best practices re-
lating 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 
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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 loca-
tions: 
(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.— 
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(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 pro-
vide a clear and conspicuous written notice with each man-
ufactured 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 shot-
gun; 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. 
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(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: 
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‘‘(A) The amount distributed to each Safe 
Firearm Storage Assistance Program in the ju-
risdiction. 
‘‘(B) The number of safe firearm storage de-
vices 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 expended. 
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‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this sec-
tion 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 infor-
mation, respectively. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Safe Firearm Storage Assistance 
Program’ means a program— 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(e) PREVENT FAMILY FIRE SAFE FIREARM STORAGE 
CREDIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 45U. SAFE FIREARM STORAGE CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—For purposes of section 
38, the safe firearm storage credit determined under this 
section for the taxable year is an amount equal to 10 per-
cent of amounts received from the first retail sale of a safe 
firearm storage device for use within the United States. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount taken into ac-
count under subsection (a) with respect to a safe fire-
arm storage device shall not exceed $400. 
‘‘(2) VALUE.—If, in connection with a sale of a 
safe firearm storage device, the transferee receives 
other property, the amount taken into account under 
subsection (a) shall be limited to the amount received 
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solely with respect to the safe firearm storage device, 
which shall be determined based on the value of the 
safe firearm storage device relative to the value of 
such other property. 
‘‘(c) SAFE FIREARM STORAGE DEVICE.—For purposes 
of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘safe firearm stor-
age 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 infor-
mation, respectively. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘safe firearm stor-
age device’ does not include— 
‘‘(A) any device which is incorporated to 
any extent into the design of a firearm or of am-
munition, or 
‘‘(B) any device that, as of the day of the 
sale described in subsection (a), has been subject 
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