Modern Firearm Safety Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4676 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4676

 To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain 
 features generally absent from firearms in common use, and to restore 
the civil and natural rights of Americans in States hostile to liberty, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2025

 Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Collins, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Biggs 
of Arizona, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Mills, and Mr. Fleischmann) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain 
 features generally absent from firearms in common use, and to restore 
the civil and natural rights of Americans in States hostile to liberty, 
                        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 ``Modern Firearm Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that State and local governmental requirements 
for handgun design that mandate features not ordinarily present on the 
affected models limit the selection of handguns available to law-
abiding citizens in these jurisdictions; artificially inflate the price 
of constitutionally protected arms; present safety concerns by altering 
the intended design and function of the affected models; violate the 
Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and pose an 
unacceptable restraint on interstate commerce. The purpose of this Act 
to is preempt any such requirements that exceed those imposed by 
Federal statute.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS THAT HANDGUNS HAVE 
              CERTAIN FEATURES GENERALLY ABSENT FROM FIREARMS IN COMMON 
              USE.

    (a) In General.--Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``No'' and inserting ``(a) In General.--
        Except as provided in subsection (b), no''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Prohibition on Imposition of Requirements That Handguns Have 
Certain Features Generally Absent From Firearms in Common Use.--A 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, or of any 
State or political subdivision of a State, may not implement or enforce 
any provision of law or regulation that requires or has the effect of 
requiring, or promulgate any provision of regulation that would require 
or have the effect of requiring, a handgun that is in, or has been 
shipped or transported in, interstate or foreign commerce to 
incorporate any design feature, functionality, safety mechanism, or 
performance standard that is not required by Federal statute as a 
condition for the lawful manufacture, sale, or receipt of the handgun, 
including--
            ``(1) a device that indicates whether the handgun is 
        loaded;
            ``(2) a mechanism that prevents a handgun from being fired 
        if an ammunition magazine is not fully inserted into the 
        handgun;
            ``(3) the capability of imprinting the cartridge casing or 
        projectile of ammunition fired from the handgun with characters 
        meant to identify the handgun from which the ammunition is 
        fired;
            ``(4) any device, mechanism, or technology that--
                    ``(A) is designed or intended to perform any 
                function described in the preceding provisions of this 
                section; or
                    ``(B) may be readily converted to be capable of 
                performing any such function; or
            ``(5) the capability of accepting the attachment of any 
        device or mechanism described in paragraph (4).''.
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