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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4225 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require adequate 
supervision before a juvenile can possess a firearm, to require the safe 
storage of firearms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2025 
Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
require adequate supervision before a juvenile can pos-
sess a firearm, to require the safe storage of firearms, 
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 ‘‘Protect Children 
Through Safe Gun Ownership Act’’. 
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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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