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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1097
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms
importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with
respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and busi-
ness premises.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY6, 2025
Mr. S
CHNEIDER(for himself, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. KELLYof
Illinois, Mr. K
HANNA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. QUIGLEY, and
Ms. S
CHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally
licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers
to meet certain requirements with respect to securing
their firearms inventory, business records, and business
premises.
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 ‘‘Safety Enhancements 4
for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm 5
Storage Act’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Firearm Storage Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERALLY LI-1
CENSED FIREARMS IMPORTERS, MANUFAC-2
TURERS, AND DEALERS. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, United 4
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-5
lowing: 6
‘‘(m) S
ECURITYREQUIREMENTS.— 7
‘‘(1) R
ELATION TO PROVISION GOVERNING GUN 8
SHOWS.—This subsection shall apply to a licensed 9
importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 10
except as provided in subsection (j). 11
‘‘(2) F
IREARM STORAGE.— 12
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—A person who is a li-13
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or li-14
censed dealer shall keep and store each firearm 15
in the business inventory of the licensee at the 16
premises covered by the license. 17
‘‘(B) M
EANS OF STORAGE .—When the 18
premises covered by the license are not open for 19
business, the licensee shall, with respect to each 20
firearm in the business inventory of the li-21
censee— 22
‘‘(i) secure the firearm with a hard-23
ened steel rod
1
⁄4inch thick through the 24
space between the trigger guard, and the 25
frame or receiver, of the firearm, with— 26
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‘‘(I) the steel rod secured by a 1
hardened steel lock that has a shackle; 2
‘‘(II) the lock and shackle pro-3
tected or shielded from the use of a 4
bolt cutter; and 5
‘‘(III) the rod anchored to pre-6
vent the removal of the firearm from 7
the premises; or 8
‘‘(ii) store the firearm in— 9
‘‘(I) a locked fireproof safe; 10
‘‘(II) a locked gun cabinet (and if 11
the locked gun cabinet is not steel, 12
each firearm within the cabinet shall 13
be secured with a hardened steel rod 14
1
⁄4inch thick, protected or shielded 15
from the use of a bolt cutter and an-16
chored to prevent the removal of the 17
firearm from the premises); or 18
‘‘(III) a locked vault. 19
‘‘(3) P
APER RECORD STORAGE .—When the 20
premises covered by the license are not open for 21
business, the licensee shall store each paper record 22
of the business inventory and firearm transactions 23
of, and other dispositions of firearms by, the licensee 24
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at the premises in a secure location such as a locked 1
fireproof safe or locked vault. 2
‘‘(4) A
DDITIONAL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS .— 3
The Attorney General may, by regulation, prescribe 4
such additional security requirements as the Attor-5
ney General determines appropriate with respect to 6
the firearms business conducted by a licensed im-7
porter, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, 8
such as requirements relating to the use of— 9
‘‘(A) alarm and security camera systems; 10
‘‘(B) site hardening; 11
‘‘(C) measures to secure any electronic 12
record of the business inventory and firearm 13
transactions of, and other dispositions of fire-14
arms by, the licensee; and 15
‘‘(D) other measures necessary to reduce 16
the risk of theft at the business premises of a 17
licensee.’’. 18
(b) P
ENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, United 19
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-20
lowing: 21
‘‘(q) P
ENALTIES FORNONCOMPLIANCE WITHFIRE-22
ARMSLICENSEESECURITYREQUIREMENTS.— 23
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.— 24
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‘‘(A) PENALTY.—With respect to a viola-1
tion by a licensee of section 923(m) or a regula-2
tion issued under that section, the Attorney 3
General, after notice and opportunity for hear-4
ing— 5
‘‘(i) in the case of the first violation 6
or related series of violations on the same 7
date, shall subject the licensee to a civil 8
penalty in an amount equal to not less 9
than $1,000 and not more than $10,000; 10
‘‘(ii) in the case of the second viola-11
tion or related series of violations on the 12
same date— 13
‘‘(I) shall suspend the license 14
issued to the licensee under this chap-15
ter until the licensee cures the viola-16
tion; and 17
‘‘(II) may subject the licensee to 18
a civil penalty in an amount provided 19
in clause (i); or 20
‘‘(iii) in the case of the third violation 21
or related series of violations on the same 22
date— 23
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‘‘(I) shall revoke the license 1
issued to the licensee under this chap-2
ter; and 3
‘‘(II) may subject the licensee to 4
a civil penalty in an amount provided 5
in clause (i). 6
‘‘(B) R
EVIEW.—An action of the Attorney 7
General under this paragraph may be reviewed 8
only as provided under section 923(f). 9
‘‘(2) A
DMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES .—The imposi-10
tion of a civil penalty or suspension or revocation of 11
a license under paragraph (1) shall not preclude any 12
administrative remedy that is otherwise available to 13
the Attorney General.’’. 14
(c) A
PPLICATIONREQUIREMENT.—Section 923 of 15
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 16
(1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by 17
striking ‘‘be in such form and contain only that’’ 18
and inserting ‘‘describe how the applicant plans to 19
comply with subsection (m) and shall be in such 20
form and contain only such other’’; and 21
(2) in subsection (d)(1)— 22
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 23
‘‘and’’ at the end; 24
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(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 1
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
(C) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(H) the Attorney General determines that the 4
description in the application of how the applicant 5
plans to comply with subsection (m) would, if imple-6
mented, so comply.’’. 7
(d) E
FFECTIVEDATES.— 8
(1) I
NITIAL FIREARM STORAGE REQUIRE -9
MENTS.—Section 923(m)(2) of title 18, United 10
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 11
effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of 12
enactment of this Act. 13
(2) I
NITIAL PAPER RECORDS STORAGE RE -14
QUIREMENTS.—Section 923(m)(3) of title 18, 15
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 16
shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 17
the date of enactment of this Act. 18
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