SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON WRITTEN CONSENT TO PERMIT A 
JUVENILE TO POSSESS A HANDGUN. 
Section 922(x) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian 
to provide written consent under paragraph (3) unless the 
parent or guardian has actual knowledge that the posses-
sion or use of the handgun by the juvenile will be in the 
presence and under the active supervision of the transferor 
or another adult who is not prohibited by Federal, State, 
or local law from possessing a firearm.’’. 
SEC. 3. SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) SECURE GUN STORAGE BY OWNERS.— 
‘‘(A) OFFENSE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlaw-
ful for a person to keep, leave, or store any 
unsecured firearm that has moved in, or 
that has otherwise affected, interstate or 
foreign commerce, unless the person car-
ries the firearm on his or her person or 
within such close proximity thereto that 
the person can readily retrieve and use the 
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firearm as if the person carried the firearm 
on his or her person. 
‘‘(ii) 
UNSECURED
FIREARM.—In 
clause (i), the term ‘unsecured firearm’ 
means a firearm that is not secured by a 
secure gun storage or safety device. 
‘‘(B) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An individual who 
is injured as a result of a violation of sub-
paragraph (A) (or, in the case of an indi-
vidual who has died as a result of such a 
violation, a member of the family of, or the 
estate of, the individual) may bring a civil 
action against the violator or any other 
person who, when the violation occurred, 
was in control of any premises on which 
the violation occurred if the violator or the 
person in control of the premises knew or 
should have known that there was an unse-
cured firearm on the premises, in a court 
of competent jurisdiction, for compensatory 
and punitive damages, injunctive and de-
claratory relief, and such other relief as 
the court deems appropriate. 
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‘‘(ii) JOINT
AND
SEVERAL
LIABIL-
ITY.—In an action described in clause (i), 
the liability of all defendants shall be joint 
and several. 
‘‘(iii) RULE
OF
INTERPRETATION.— 
For purposes of any determination of li-
ability covered by any contract of insur-
ance entered into after the date of the en-
actment of this subparagraph, a violation 
of subparagraph (A) shall not solely be 
considered an intentional action. 
‘‘(iv) NO EFFECT ON STATE LAW.— 
This subparagraph shall not be interpreted 
to preempt, supplant, or displace any claim 
brought under State statutory law or com-
mon law.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of such title is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) With respect to a violation of section 922(z), the 
Attorney General shall, after notice and opportunity for 
a hearing— 
‘‘(1)(A) in the case of a 1st violation, subject 
the person to a civil money penalty of not more than 
$1,000; or 
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‘‘(B) in the case of a 2nd or subsequent viola-
tion, subject the person to a civil money penalty of 
not more than $5,000; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of any violation, notify the per-
son of the prohibitions set forth in section 
922(d)(10).’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—Section 922(d) of such title is 
amended in the 1st sentence— 
(1) in paragraph (8)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) has been assessed a civil money penalty 
for a violation of subsection (z)(4) within the pre-
ceding 5 years.’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Within 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
promulgate such rules as are necessary to ensure that— 
(1) the national instant criminal background 
check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act denies the 
transfer of a firearm to a person who has been as-
sessed a civil money penalty for a violation of section 
922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code, in the 5- 
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year period ending with the date of the proposed 
transfer; and 
(2) each person licensed under chapter 44 of 
such title provides notice of the penalties for vio-
lating such section 922(z)(4) to any person not li-
censed under such chapter who seeks to acquire a 
firearm from the licensee. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SAFE STORAGE EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made available 
to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education shall 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local edu-
cational agencies to provide parents with educational ma-
terials on gun safety and the importance and necessity of 
secure gun storage. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible local educational agency 
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(c) AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.—In addition to 
using a grant received under this section for the purposes 
described in subsection (a), an eligible local educational 
agency may use such grant to— 
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