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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB2613

Legislation Overview

Title: Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2015

Subject: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Advanced technology and technological innovations: Consumer Product Safety Commission: Firearms and explosives: Law enforcement administration and funding: Manufacturing: Product safety and quality: Research administration and funding: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2015 Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to make one-year grants to qualified entities (states or local governments, organizations, or institutions of higher education) to develop technology for personalized handguns (a handgun that is manufactured to enable only the authorized user to fire it). Provides that a recipient shall use at least 70% of the grant amount to develop technology for personalized handguns and may use not more than 20% to develop technology for retrofitted personalized handguns and not more than 10% for administrative costs. Prohibits any person: (1) beginning 5 years after enactment of this Act, from manufacturing in the United States a handgun that is not a personalized handgun; or (2) beginning 10 years after enactment of this Act, from distributing in commerce any handgun that is not a personalized handgun or a retrofitted personalized handgun. Exempts antique firearms and firearms distributed or sold to the Department of Defense. Provides for the enforcement of such prohibitions by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and by the states. Requires a handgun manufacturer, upon request of the owner of a handgun manufactured in the United States that is not a personalized handgun or a retrofitted personalized handgun, to retrofit the handgun and return it to the owner within a reasonable period of time as established by the CPSC. Makes the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available to the Attorney General for payments to reimburse handgun manufacturers for the costs of retrofitting handguns. Amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to exclude from the definition of "qualified product" any handgun manufactured after five years after enactment of this Act that is not a personalized handgun or retrofitted personalized handgun.

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Last Action Date: June 16, 2015

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2613/all-info

Companion Bill: SB1474

Sponsors

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11 sponsors: Carolyn Maloney (D); Katherine Clark (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Luis Gutierrez (D); William Keating (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Donna Edwards (D); Niki Tsongas (D); Mike Quigley (D); Nita Lowey (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Jun 16 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House	Jun 5 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House	Jun 2 2015	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.
House	Jun 2 2015	Introduced in House
House	Jun 2 2015	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
House	Jun 2 2015	Referred to House Judiciary
House	Jun 2 2015	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E822)

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Jun 4 2015	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill