SMART Guns Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5863
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2016-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>SMART Guns Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify requirements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Specifically, a firearm purchased with JAG funds must, to the extent practicable, be a SMART gun.</p> <p>The term &quot;SMART gun&quot; means a firearm that includes a safety feature to prevent an unauthorized person from using such firearm.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5863 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2016 Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to require that firearms purchased with Byrne JAG funds be SMART guns, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SMART Guns Act of 2016 . 2. SMART gun purchases with Byrne JAG funds Section 501(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3751(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Limitation on purchases of firearms (A) General limitation To the extent practicable, any firearm purchased with amounts received under this part shall be a SMART gun. (B) Definition For purposes of this section, the term SMART gun means a firearm that includes a safety feature that allows the firearm to fire only when activated by an authorized user. .