Gun Safety Incentive Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4487

 To make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer,
    licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice
    promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and
disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a
  grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to
 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against
tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

 Mr. Carson (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Krishnamoorthi,
 Mr. Thanedar, Mrs. McBath, and Ms. Kelly of Illinois) introduced the
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer,
    licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice
    promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and
disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a
  grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to
 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against
tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other
                               purposes.

    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 ``Gun Safety Incentive Act''.

SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFE FIREARM STORAGE.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of
                this Act, the Attorney General shall establish
                voluntary best practices relating to safe firearm
                storage solely for the purpose of public education.
                    (B) The Attorney General shall give not less than
                ninety days public notice, and shall afford interested
                parties opportunity for hearing, before establishing
                such best practices.
            (2) Requirements.--In establishing the best practices
        required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall
        outline such best practices for preventing firearm loss, theft,
        and other unauthorized access for the following locations:
                    (A) Businesses.
                    (B) Vehicles.
                    (C) Private homes.
                    (D) Off-site storage facilities.
                    (E) Any other such place the Attorney General deems
                appropriate to provide such guidance.
            (3) Publication.--Not later than 1 year after the enactment
        of this Act, the Attorney General shall publish, in print and
        on a public website, the best practices created pursuant to
        paragraph (1) and shall review such best practices and update
        them not less than annually.

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 following:
    ``(m) Beginning on January 1, 2027, licensed manufacturers and
licensed importers that serialize not less than 250 firearms annually
pursuant to subsection (i) shall provide a clear and conspicuous
written notice with each manufactured or imported handgun, rifle, or
shotgun that--
            ``(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on or within
        any packaging of, each handgun, rifle, or shotgun; and
            ``(2) states `SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES' followed by the
        address of the public website established by the Attorney
        General pursuant to section 2 of the Kimberly Vaughan Firearm
        Safe Storage Act.''.

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.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after 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) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``safe firearm storage device'' means a device
        that is--
                    (A) designed and marketed for the principal purpose
                of denying unauthorized access to, or rendering
                inoperable, a firearm or ammunition; and
                    (B) secured by a combination lock, key lock, or
                lock based on biometric information which, once locked,
                is incapable of being opened without the combination,
                key, or biometric information, respectively.
            (2) The term ``Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Program''
        means a program--
                    (A) carried out by a unit of local government or an
                Indian tribe; and
                    (B) solely for the purpose of acquiring and
                distributing safe firearm storage devices to the
                public.
    (c) Application Requirements.--Each applicant for a grant under
this section shall--
            (1) submit to the Attorney General an application at such
        time, in such a manner, and containing such information as the
        Attorney General may require; and
            (2) to the extent practicable, identify State, local,
        Tribal, and private funds available to supplement the funds
        received under this section.
    (d) Reporting Requirement.--
            (1) Grantee report.--A recipient of a grant under this
        section shall submit to the Attorney General an annual report,
        which includes the following information:
                    (A) The amount distributed to each Safe Firearm
                Storage Assistance Program in the jurisdiction.
                    (B) The number of safe firearm storage devices
                distributed by each such Safe Firearm Storage Assitance
                Program.
        A recipient of a grant under this section may not include any
        personally identifying information of recipients of safe
        firearms storage devices pursuant to a Safe Firearm Storage
        Assistance Program that received funding pursuant to this
        section.
            (2) Attorney general report.--Beginning 13 months after the
        first grants are awarded under this section, and annually
        thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a
        report, which shall include the following information:
                    (A) A list of grant recipients during the previous
                year, including the funds awarded, cumulatively and
                disaggregated by grantee.
                    (B) The information collected pursuant to
                subsection (d)(1).
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2035, to remain
available until expended.
    (f) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under this section shall be
allocated as follows:
            (1) Not less than 75 percent of the funds received by a
        grantee shall be used to create or to provide resources for
        Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Programs in the jurisdiction.
            (2) Not more than 25 percent of the funds received by a
        grantee may be made available to nonprofit organizations to
        partner with units of local government to purchase and
        distribute safe firearm storage devices.

SEC. 6. PREVENT FAMILY FIRE SAFE FIREARM STORAGE CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:

``SEC. 45BB. SAFE FIREARM STORAGE CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the safe
firearm storage credit determined under this section for the taxable
year is an amount equal to 10 percent of amounts received from the
first retail sale of a safe firearm storage device for use within the
United States.
    ``(b) Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount taken into account under
        subsection (a) with respect to a safe firearm storage device
        shall not exceed $400.
            ``(2) Value.--If, in connection with a sale of a safe
        firearm storage device, the transferee receives other property,
        the amount taken into account under subsection (a) shall be
        limited to the amount received solely with respect to the safe
        firearm storage device, which shall be determined based on the
        value of the safe firearm storage device relative to the value
        of such other property.
    ``(c) Safe Firearm Storage Device.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `safe firearm storage device'
        means a device that is--
                    ``(A) designed and marketed for the principal
                purpose of denying unauthorized access to, or rendering
                inoperable, a firearm or ammunition, and
                    ``(B) secured by a combination lock, key lock, or
                lock based on biometric information which, once locked,
                is incapable of being opened without the combination,
                key, or biometric information, respectively.
            ``(2) Exclusion.--The term `safe firearm storage device'
        does not include--
                    ``(A) any device which is incorporated to any
                extent into the design of a firearm or of ammunition,
                or
                    ``(B) any device that, as of the day of the sale
                described in subsection (a), has been subject to a
                mandatory recall by the Consumer Product Safety
                Commission.
            ``(3) Firearm; ammunition.--The terms `firearm' and
        `ammunition' have the meanings given such terms in section 921
        of title 18, United States Code (without regard to all that
        follows `firearm silencer' in paragraph (3) of such section).
    ``(d) Termination.--This section shall not apply to sales after
December 31, 2032.''.
    (b) Credit Made Part of General Business.--Subsection (b) of
section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
``plus'' at the end of paragraph (40), by striking the period at the
end of paragraph (41) and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(42) the safe firearm storage credit determined under
        section 45BB.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45BB. Safe firearm storage credit.''.
    (d) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall make publicly
available an annual report of the total amount of credit against tax
determined under section 45BB of such Code for taxable years ending in
the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by State.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or
the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is
held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act, or an amendment made by
this Act, or the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances, shall not be affected.
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