I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4676 
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 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. BIGGS 
of Arizona, Mr. FALLON, Mr. MILLS, and Mr. FLEISCHMANN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred 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. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that State and local governmental 
requirements for handgun design that mandate features 
not ordinarily present on the affected models limit the se-
lection of handguns available to law-abiding citizens in 
these jurisdictions; artificially inflate the price of constitu-
tionally protected arms; present safety concerns by alter-
ing the intended design and function of the affected mod-
els; violate the Second Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States; and pose an unacceptable restraint on 
interstate commerce. The purpose of this Act to is pre-
empt any such requirements that exceed those imposed by 
Federal statute. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS 
THAT HANDGUNS HAVE CERTAIN FEATURES 
GENERALLY ABSENT FROM FIREARMS IN 
COMMON USE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 927 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN 
GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION
ON IMPOSITION
OF REQUIRE-
MENTS THAT HANDGUNS HAVE CERTAIN FEATURES 
GENERALLY
ABSENT
FROM
FIREARMS
IN
COMMON 
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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 incorporate any design feature, 
functionality, safety mechanism, or performance standard 
that is not required by Federal statute as a condition for 
the lawful manufacture, sale, or receipt of the handgun, 
including— 
‘‘(1) a device that indicates whether the hand-
gun is loaded; 
‘‘(2) a mechanism that prevents a handgun 
from being fired if an ammunition magazine is not 
fully inserted into the handgun; 
‘‘(3) the capability of imprinting the cartridge 
casing or projectile of ammunition fired from the 
handgun with characters meant to identify the hand-
gun from which the ammunition is fired; 
‘‘(4) any device, mechanism, or technology 
that— 
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‘‘(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) the capability of accepting the attachment 
of any device or mechanism described in paragraph 
(4).’’. 
Æ 
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