Title: Child Gun Access Prevention Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Child Gun Access Prevention Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award state grants to implement child access prevention laws. A child access prevention law prohibits an adult from leaving an unsecured firearm in a manner that is known to be, or reasonably should be known to be, accessible to a child.
Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must study and report to Congress: (1) on child injuries and deaths resulting from firearms, and (2) on safe storage practices for firearms.
Finally, the bill amends the federal criminal code to require a licensed firearms dealer to provide gun safety information, including safe storage practices, to a firearm purchaser.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5941 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5941

           To prevent child injuries and deaths by firearms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2018

 Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Quigley, and Ms. Norton) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
           To prevent child injuries and deaths by firearms.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Gun Access Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION GRANTS TO STATES.

    (a) Authorization.--The Attorney General shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, make grants to States that have in 
place a child access prevention law that, at a minimum, has 
substantially similar requirements to those under subsection (c), for 
the purpose of implementing or carrying out such a law, including 
educating the public about such law.
    (b) Application.--The chief executive of a State seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Attorney General may reasonably require.
    (c) Requirements for Child Access Prevention Laws.--The 
requirements for a child access prevention law described in this 
subsection are as follows:
            (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 
        law provides that it is unlawful for an adult to leave a 
        unsecured firearm owned or controlled by the adult in a manner 
        that the adult knows or reasonably should know is accessible to 
        a child.
            (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), an adult shall be 
        considered to have left a firearm unsecured with respect to a 
        child if--
                    (A) the firearm is not secured, unless the adult is 
                carrying the firearm or the firearm is readily 
                accessible to the adult; or
                    (B) the firearm is secured, and the adult knows or 
                reasonably should know that the child can unsecure the 
                firearm.
            (3) In this subsection:
                    (A) The term ``adult'' means a person who has 
                attained 18 years of age.
                    (B) The term ``child'' means a person who has not 
                attained 18 years of age.
                    (C) The term ``secured'' means in a locked 
                container (such as a safe), or rendered inoperable by 
                means of a tamper-resistant lock or other secure gun 
                storage or safety device.
                    (D) The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given that 
                term in section 921 of title 18, United States Code.
            (4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an adult with respect 
        to a child and a firearm if--
                    (A)(i) the adult is directly supervising the child 
                while the child is in possession of the firearm; and
                    (ii) a parent or guardian of the child has 
                consented to the supervision; or
                    (B) the child accesses the firearm through an 
                unforeseeable trespass.
            (5) A law shall be considered to comply with the 
        requirements of this subsection if the law provides that the 
        prohibition under paragraph (1) applies--
                    (A) only in the case that a child accesses the 
                firearm, or a child accesses the firearm and a crime or 
                further harm occurs as a result; or
                    (B) regardless of whether a child accesses the 
                firearm.
            (6) A law shall be considered to comply with the 
        requirements of this subsection if the law provides that the 
        prohibition under paragraph (1) applies--
                    (A) only in the case that the unsecured firearm is 
                loaded; or
                    (B) regardless of whether the unsecured firearm is 
                loaded.
    (d) Report.--A State receiving a grant under this section shall 
submit an annual report to the Attorney General containing, for the 
previous year--
            (1) a description of the use of the grant funds;
            (2) the number of children who were injured and the number 
        of children who were killed by firearms in that State;
            (3) the number of adults who were prosecuted under the law 
        described in subsection (a), and the number of such adults who 
        were convicted; and
            (4) such additional information as the Attorney General may 
        reasonably require.
    (e) Maintenance of Effort.--Any Federal funds received by a State 
under this section shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-
Federal funds that would otherwise be available for the purposes 
described in subsection (a).
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
shall conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on child 
injuries and deaths resulting from firearms and on practices for the 
safe storage of firearms.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of carrying out 
subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FIREARMS DEALERS.

    Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(m) Each licensed dealer shall provide to each person to whom the 
licensee sells a firearm a document that contains gun safety 
information, including safe storage practices, as the Attorney General 
shall prescribe, which shall be set forth in easy-to-understand 
language.''.
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