I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4965 
To create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, 
to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of 
Louisiana, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOG-
GETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GOLDMAN 
of New York, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. IVEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. LEE of 
California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MAN-
NING, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, 
Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
WILD, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. THOMPSON of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To create and disseminate best practices regarding safe fire-
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arm storage, to create a grant program for the distribu-
tion of safe storage devices, 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 ‘‘Kimberly Vaughan 
Firearm Safe Storage Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the At-
torney General shall establish voluntary best prac-
tices relating to safe firearm storage solely for the 
purpose of public education. 
(2) PUBLIC NOTICE; HEARING.—The Attorney 
General shall give not less than 90 days public no-
tice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity 
for hearing, before establishing the best practices. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the best prac-
tices under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall out-
line the best practices for preventing firearm loss, theft, 
and other unauthorized access for the following locations: 
(1) Businesses. 
(2) Vehicles. 
(3) Private homes. 
(4) Off-site storage facilities. 
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(5) Any other place about which the Attorney 
General deems appropriate to provide such guidance. 
(c) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall publish, in print and on a public website, the best 
practices established under subsection (a), and shall re-
view and update the best practices not less often than an-
nually. 
SEC. 3. PROMOTION OF SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m) Beginning January 1, 2025, a licensed manu-
facturer or licensed importer that serializes not fewer than 
250 firearms annually pursuant to subsection (i) shall pro-
vide with each manufactured or imported handgun, rifle, 
or shotgun a clear and conspicuous written notice that— 
‘‘(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on 
or within any packaging of, the handgun, rifle, or 
shotgun; and 
‘‘(2) states ‘SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES’ 
followed by the address of the public website estab-
lished by the Attorney General pursuant to section 
2 of the Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage 
Act.’’. 
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SEC. 4. SAFE STORAGE DEVICES FOR ALL FIREARM SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘handgun’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘handgun, rifle, or shotgun’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. SAFE FIREARM STORAGE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 
grants to States and Indian Tribes for the development, 
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 REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) GRANTEE REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Attorney 
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General an annual report that includes the fol-
lowing information: 
(i) The amount distributed to each 
Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Program 
in the jurisdiction of the grant recipient. 
(ii) The number of safe firearm stor-
age devices distributed by each such Safe 
Firearm Storage Assistance Program. 
(B) PROHIBITION.—A recipient of a grant 
under this section shall not include in a report 
under subparagraph (A) any personally identi-
fying information of a recipient of a safe fire-
arms storage device pursuant to a Safe Firearm 
Storage Assistance Program funded under this 
section. 
(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.—Beginning 
13 months after the date grants are first awarded 
under this section, and annually thereafter, the At-
torney General shall submit to the Congress a report 
that includes the following: 
(A) A list of grant recipients during the 
preceding year, including the funds awarded, 
cumulatively and disaggregated by grantee. 
(B) The information submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (1). 
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(d) LIMITATIONS
ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Attorney General to carry out this section $10,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2034, to remain 
available until expended. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—A grantee to which funds are 
awarded under this section— 
(1) shall use not less than 75 percent of the 
funds to create or to provide resources for Safe Fire-
arm Storage Assistance Programs in the jurisdiction 
of the grantee; and 
(2) may make available to nonprofit organiza-
tions not more than 25 percent of the funds to part-
ner with units of local government to purchase and 
distribute safe firearm storage devices. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SAFE
FIREARM
STORAGE
DEVICE.—The 
term ‘‘safe firearm storage device’’ means a device 
that— 
(A) is designed and marketed for the prin-
cipal purpose of denying unauthorized access to, 
or rendering inoperable, a firearm or ammuni-
tion; 
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