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Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act
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.
Summary
This bill authorizes the Attorney General to establish a pilot program making grants to small businesses to develop gun safety technology designed to prevent accidental or unauthorized use of firearms. The pilot program will award between 3 and 5 grants to small business concerns with fewer than 500 employees to support development of technologies such as smart guns, user-authorized handguns, childproof guns, and personalized locking devices. Grant recipients must report on development milestones including prototype development, reliability testing, trial production planning, and commercialization preparation. The bill authorizes $10 million in funding for fiscal year 2026 to support the pilot program.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mark Desaulnier’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS $6,600
- SIGNATURE HOMES $6,600
- MACKENZIE CAPITAL $6,600
- ACTIVEHOURS INC. $6,000
- NULL $5,000
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Actions (2)
- Aug 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Aug 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 8, 2025
Mr. DeSaulnier (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Beyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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”.
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 2026.
(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. <all>
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