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Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program may be used for gun safe giveaway programs, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to be used for gun safe giveaway programs. Under the amendment, grant funds may be used to provide gun safes or other firearm storage devices to individuals at no cost. The storage devices must be designed to secure firearms and use a key, combination, or similar locking mechanism.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Brittany Pettersen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $30,671
- COINBASE $18,000
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $13,200
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $13,000
- SOLANA LABS $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Feb 9, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 9, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 9, 2026
Ms. Pettersen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program may be used for gun safe giveaway programs, 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 “Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. GUN SAFE GIVEAWAY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER BYRNE GRANTS.
Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(J) Programs to provide gun safes (or other devices that are designed to be or can be used to store a firearm and that are designed to be unlocked only by means of a key, a combination, or other similar means) to individuals, at no cost to the individuals.”. <all>
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