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HR 4487 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Gun Safety Incentive Act

In plain language: This legislation expands federal firearm rules by requiring licensed dealers to provide a secure lock or storage container with every rifle and shotgun sold, extending a requirement that currently applies only to handguns. Starting in January 2027, gun manufacturers making at least 250 firearms per year must also include safety labels on packaging directing buyers to federal storage guidelines. Additionally, the bill provides business tax credits on retail sales of qualifying gun safes and locks through 2032 and authorizes $10 million per year in federal grants for local programs that distribute free firearm storage devices.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—The total number of firearm owners, purchasers, licensed dealers, and manufacturers affected is not determinable from the operative text.
Fiscal magnitude$90.0Mprovisional · pending reviewSec. 5(e) authorizes $10,000,000 annually for grant programs for fiscal years 2027 through 2035 ($90,000,000 total). Total revenue impact of the Sec. 6 business tax credit is not determinable from the text.
Reach54provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Firearms+32Business taxation−18

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Retailers of safe firearm storage devicesCan claim a 10 percent general business tax credit (up to $400 per device) on the first retail sale price of qualifying safe firearm storage devices sold through 2032 (Sec. 6(a)).provisional
  • State and tribal governmentsEligible to receive federal grants from a $10 million annual authorization to establish and support Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Programs (Sec. 5(a), 5(e)).provisional
  • Nonprofit organizationsMay receive up to 25 percent of state and tribal grant allocations to partner with local governments in purchasing and distributing safe firearm storage devices (Sec. 5(f)(2)).provisional
  • Public and firearm ownersCan receive safe firearm storage devices acquired and distributed through grant-funded local assistance programs (Sec. 5(b)(2), 5(f)).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Licensed firearm manufacturers and importersMust include a written safe storage warning label ('SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES') and website link on or inside the packaging for every handgun, rifle, or shotgun they produce or import if they serialize at least 250 firearms per year (Sec. 3(a)).provisional
  • Licensed firearm dealersMust provide a secure gun storage or safety device with sales of rifles and shotguns, extending an existing federal requirement that previously applied only to handguns (Sec. 4(a)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires the Attorney General to develop, publish, and annually update voluntary best practices for safe firearm storage in homes, vehicles, businesses, and off-site facilities for public education.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Requires licensed gun manufacturers and importers producing at least 250 firearms per year to include a safe storage warning label and website link on or inside the packaging of each handgun, rifle, or shotgun, beginning January 1, 2027.

    Sec. 3(a)provisional

  3. Extends the federal requirement for licensed firearm dealers to provide a secure gun storage or safety device with handgun sales to also include sales of rifles and shotguns, starting 180 days after enactment.

    Sec. 4(a)provisional

  4. Authorizes $10 million annually from fiscal years 2027 through 2035 for federal grants to states and Indian tribes to fund local programs that acquire and distribute safe firearm storage devices to the public.

    Sec. 5(a)-(f)provisional

  5. Creates a general business tax credit through 2032 equal to 10 percent of the retail sale price (up to $400 per device) for selling qualifying safe firearm storage devices.

    Sec. 6(a)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jul 17, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  2. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jul 17, 2025Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E686)
  4. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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