3.0.0 683 2019-11-15T21:56:00Z 2019-11-15T21:56:00Z Senate S S 2005-03-17 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-18T02:32:28Z Childproof Handgun Act of 2005 109 1423 HR 2005-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2005-03-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-03-17 True Crime and Law Enforcement Commerce Commercialization Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Fines (Penalties) Firearms Firearms control Identification devices Retail trade Safety measures Science, Technology, Communications Technological innovations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2005-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-12T20:07:39Z Childproof Handgun Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person who is not a licensed collector from manufacturing, selling, delivering, or transferring a handgun that cannot be personalized, with exceptions for individuals acting under the authority of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision. Defines "personalized" to mean a handgun that incorporates a device or feature that: (1) allows the handgun to be fired only by a particular individual; (2) is not capable of being readily deactivated; and (3) may allow the handgun to be personalized to one or more additional individuals.

Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine whether the technology involved in personalizing firearms will be commercially feasible within five years considering criteria including the reliability of the technology and the difference in price for personalized firearms and equivalent firearms that are not personalized.

]]> Childproof Handgun Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Childproof Handgun Act of 2005 Display Title Childproof Handgun Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and to provide for a report to Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms. Introduced in Senate 2005-03-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s683is/xml/BILLS-109s683is.xml 2005-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.