Modern Firearm Safety Act

Bill: 118-s-5224
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2024-09-25
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5224 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo , Mr. Daines , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Cornyn , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Braun , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Cassidy , and Mr. Hoeven ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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, to restore the civil and natural rights of the people of the United States in States hostile to liberty, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modern Firearm Safety Act . 2. Prohibition on imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use (a) In general Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 927 the following: 927A. Prohibition on imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common 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 that requires or has the effect of requiring a handgun that is in, or has been shipped or transported in, interstate or foreign commerce to— (1) incorporate a device that indicates whether the handgun is loaded; (2) incorporate a mechanism that prevents a handgun from being fired if an ammunition magazine is not fully inserted into the handgun; (3) be capable of microstamping the shell casing of ammunition with microscopic characters representing the make, model, and serial number of the handgun, when the ammunition is fired from the handgun; (4) incorporate any device, mechanism, or technology that— (A) is designed or intended to perform any function described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or (B) may be readily converted to be capable of performing any such function; or (5) be capable of accepting the attachment of any device or mechanism described in paragraph (4). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 927 the following: 927A. Prohibition on imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use. .