Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act of 2019

Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the National Institute of Justice to establish a pilot program to make grants to small business concerns for the development of gun safety technology.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4730 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4730

To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to make 
  grants to entities to develop gun safety technology, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2019

Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Roybal-
    Allard, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Lynch) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to make 
  grants to entities to develop gun safety technology, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. GUN SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization.--The Attorney General, acting through the 
Director of the National Institute of Justice, is authorized to carry 
out a pilot program to make grants to eligible entities to develop gun 
safety technology.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the grant program under this section 
is to support the commercialization of technology that decreases the 
likelihood that a gun can be used accidentally or by unauthorized 
users.
    (c) Application.--An eligible entity seeking a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require, which information shall include a 
description of the entity's commitment and plans to develop gun safety 
technology and an initial gun safety product design.
    (d) Number of Grants.--The Attorney General shall make not less 
than 3 grants and not more than 5 grants under the pilot program under 
this section.
    (e) Report.--An eligible entity receiving a grant under this 
section shall report to the Attorney General, at such times and 
including such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 
require, related milestones for the gun safety technology funded under 
this section, including the following:
            (1) Building a prototype.
            (2) Conducting reliability testing.
            (3) Planning for trial production.
            (4) Preparing to commercialize.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``eligible entity'' means a small business 
        concern (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 632)) that has less than 500 employees.
            (2) The term ``gun'' has the meaning given the term 
        ``firearm'' in section 921 of title 18, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``gun safety technology'' means technology 
        that is designed to reduce the likelihood of an accidental or 
        unauthorized use of a gun, including smart guns, user-
        authorized handguns, childproof guns, personalized guns, and 
        safes and locking devices that include personalized technology.
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