3.0.0 2068 2023-01-11T13:26:54Z 2023-01-11T13:26:54Z Senate S S 2014-02-27 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-02-27T22:44:28Z Personalized Handgun Safety Act 113 2005 HR 2013-06-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2014-02-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2014-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2014-02-27 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2014-03-13 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advanced technology and technological innovations Consumer Product Safety Commission Firearms and explosives Product safety and quality Research administration and funding Research and development Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2014-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-10T17:28:50Z Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014 - 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 two years after enactment of this Act, from manufacturing in the United States a handgun that is not a personalized handgun; or (2) beginning three 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 (DOD). 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 two years after enactment of this Act that is not a personalized handgun or retrofitted personalized handgun.

]]> Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014 Display Title Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that, within 3 years, all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2068is/xml/BILLS-113s2068is.xml 2014-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.