United States HR 1272: Secure Storage Information Act of 2025

Bill Text

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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1272
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a Federal firearms licensee
to provide secure firearms storage information to a prospective firearm
transferee, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
a gun safe credit, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms.
STEVENS, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. GOLDMAN of New York) 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 sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a Federal
firearms licensee to provide secure firearms storage infor-
mation to a prospective firearm transferee, and to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a gun
safe credit, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Storage Infor-4
mation Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT A FEDERAL FIREARMS LI-1
CENSEE PROVIDE SECURE FIREARMS STOR-2
AGE INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE FIRE-3
ARM TRANSFEREE. 4
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, United 5
States Code, is amended— 6
(1) in paragraph (1)— 7
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Ex-8
cept’’ and inserting the following: 9
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT THAT DEVICE BE PRO-10
VIDED WITH HANDGUN.— 11
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except’’; 12
(B) by adding after and below the end the 13
following: 14
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SECURE 15
STORAGE INFORMATION WITH ANY FIREARM.— 16
It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, 17
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, 18
deliver, or transfer a firearm to any person 19
other than a person licensed under this chapter, 20
unless the transferee is provided with such in-21
formation about the secure storage of firearms 22
as the Attorney General shall prescribe.’’; and 23
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and in-24
serting ‘‘(1)(A)’’. 25
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(b) REGULATIONS.—Within 6 months after the date 1
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 2
prescribe, by regulation, the secure firearms storage infor-3
mation required to be provided by a Federal firearms li-4
censee to a prospective firearm transferee, and ensure that 5
the information includes— 6
(1) that firearms should be stored unloaded, out 7
of the reach of children and other persons without 8
authorized access, and separately from ammunition; 9
(2) that stored firearms should be secured with 10
a locking device; 11
(3) a statement as to the importance of secure 12
storage, including data on the risks of unsecured 13
firearms and benefits of securely stored firearms in 14
relation to firearm suicide, firearm homicide and as-15
sault, school firearm violence, unintentional shoot-16
ings, and theft; and 17
(4) guidance on the most secure types of de-18
vices, including the advantages of gun safes and lock 19
boxes compared to trigger and cable locks. 20
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SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN FEDERAL FIREARMS 1
LICENSEES HAVE A VARIETY OF SECURE GUN 2
STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICES AVAILABLE 3
FOR PURCHASE IN THEIR STORES. 4
Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is 5
amended in each of subsections (d)(1)(G) and (e)— 6
(1) by striking ‘‘secure gun storage or safety 7
devices’’ and inserting ‘‘a variety of secure gun stor-8
age or safety devices, including full-size gun safes, 9
lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, or cable and trig-10
ger locks,’’; 11
(2) by striking ‘‘a secure gun storage or safety 12
device’’ and inserting ‘‘secure gun storage or safety 13
devices’’; and 14
(3) by striking ‘‘a device’’ and inserting ‘‘de-15
vices’’. 16
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 17
The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take 18
effect on the date that is 6 months after the date of the 19
enactment of this Act. 20
SEC. 5. GUN SAFE CREDIT. 21
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-22
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 23
1986 is amended by inserting before section 26 the fol-24
lowing new section: 25
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‘‘SEC. 25F.