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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 12, 2025
Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
This bill requires federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to provide information about the secure storage of firearms upon the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm and to make available for purchase a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices. (Exceptions apply.) The bill also establishes a new tax credit for the purchase of a qualified gun safe.
Specifically, under the bill, FFLs must provide information about the secure storage of firearms upon the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to any person (other than another FFL), including information related to
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storing firearms unloaded, out of the reach of children, and separately from ammunition;
securing firearms with a locking device;
the importance of securely storing firearms and the risks of unsecured firearms; and
guidance on storage devices.
The bill also requires that FFLs make available for purchase a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices (including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, or cable and trigger locks) at any place where firearms are sold to a person who is not a FFL (Under current law, FFLs that sell firearms to non-licensees must make available for purchase compatible secure gun storage or safety devices.)
Finally, under the bill, an individual may claim a nonrefundable tax credit in the amount of up to $500 (lifetime limit) for expenses paid or incurred for a new safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device for securely storing firearms.
People & committees
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] · D–NJ
Legislative record
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Referred 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.
Referred 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Secure Storage Information Act of 2025 would require federally licensed firearm businesses to give unlicensed recipients secure-storage information when selling, delivering, or transferring firearms. Certain licensees would also have to offer a variety of storage or safety devices for purchase. Individual taxpayers could claim a tax credit for qualifying storage purchases, capped at $500 across all years. These are proposed changes in the supplied introduced bill.
This Act may be cited as the Secure Storage Information Act of 2025.
It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a firearm to any person other than a person licensed under this chapter, unless the transferee is provided with such information about the secure storage of firearms as the Attorney General shall prescribe.
Requirement that certain Federal firearms licensees have a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices available for purchase in their stores
The credit allowed under this section with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) of $500 over the aggregate credits allowed under this section with respect to such taxpayer for all prior taxable years.
Licensed firearm importers, manufacturers, and dealers would be prohibited from selling, delivering, or transferring any firearm to an unlicensed recipient unless the recipient receives the secure-storage information prescribed by the Attorney General. Transfers to people licensed under the referenced federal firearms chapter would be outside this new requirement.
It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a firearm to any person other than a person licensed under this chapter, unless the transferee is provided with such information about the secure storage of firearms as the Attorney General shall prescribe.
The bill would relabel the existing handgun-device provision as paragraph (1)(A) and change paragraph (2)'s reference from “(1)” to “(1)(A).” The underlying provisions are not reproduced, so their full requirements and exceptions cannot be explained from this bundle.
by striking (1) In general.—Except and inserting the following: (1) Requirement that device be provided with handgun (A) In general Except
in paragraph (2), by striking (1) and inserting (1)(A).
Within six months after enactment, the Attorney General would have to issue regulations prescribing the information. It must advise storing firearms unloaded, away from children and other unauthorized people, separately from ammunition, and secured with a locking device. These provisions specify required advice.
Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall prescribe, by regulation, the secure firearms storage information required to be provided by a Federal firearms licensee to a prospective firearm transferee
(1) that firearms should be stored unloaded, out of the reach of children and other persons without authorized access, and separately from ammunition; (2) that stored firearms should be secured with a locking device;
The information must explain the importance of secure storage, including data relating to suicide, homicide and assault, school firearm violence, accidental shootings, and theft. It must also discuss the most secure devices and the advantages of gun safes and lock boxes compared with trigger and cable locks. The bill requires this content; it does not supply the underlying data.
(3) a statement as to the importance of secure storage, including data on the risks of unsecured firearms and benefits of securely stored firearms in relation to firearm suicide, firearm homicide and assault, school firearm violence, unintentional shootings, and theft; and (4) guidance on the most secure types of devices, including the advantages of gun safes and lock boxes compared to trigger and cable locks.
For certain federal firearms licensees, the bill would expand the storage-device language in two existing licensing provisions to require a variety of devices available for purchase. The inserted list includes full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, or cable and trigger locks. The full licensing provisions are not supplied.
Requirement that certain Federal firearms licensees have a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices available for purchase in their stores
Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in each of subsections (d)(1)(G) and (e)— (1) by striking secure gun storage or safety devices and inserting a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices, including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, or cable and trigger locks,
The firearm-information and storage-device amendments would take effect six months after enactment.
The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
An individual taxpayer could claim a credit—a reduction in income tax—for amounts paid or incurred during the tax year to purchase a qualifying gun safe. The credit would be limited to $500 minus all credits previously allowed to that taxpayer under this provision, so the $500 limit would not reset annually.
In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the taxable year for the purchase of a qualified gun safe.
The credit allowed under this section with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) of $500 over the aggregate credits allowed under this section with respect to such taxpayer for all prior taxable years.
Qualifying purchases could include safes, gun cases, lock boxes, and other devices. The taxpayer must be the first user and acquire the device to store firearms, not for resale. It must support secure, fully enclosed firearm storage and be designed to unlock only for authorized users through a key, combination, biometric credentials such as a fingerprint, or a similar method.
the term qualified gun safe means any safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device— (1) the original use of which commences with the taxpayer, (2) which is acquired by the taxpayer— (A) to store one or more firearms, and (B) not for resale, (3) which is designed, or can be used, for the secure and fully-contained storage of one or more firearms, and (4) which is designed to be unlocked only by authorized users by means of a key, a combination, biometric credentials, or other similar means.
The credit would reduce the property's tax basis—the value used for tax calculations—by the credit allowed. Any otherwise allowable tax deduction for the same property would also be reduced by that amount, preventing both benefits from covering the same credited cost.
the basis of any property for which a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of such credit so allowed.
The amount of any deduction allowable under this chapter with respect to a property for which a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of such credit so allowed.
The tax-credit amendments would apply to tax years beginning after enactment. Section 5 specifies no expiration date for the credit.
The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the taxable year for the purchase of a qualified gun safe.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated July 6, 2026, records introduction in the House on February 12, 2025, and referral that day to the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions. This snapshot does not establish subsequent action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-07-06T17:03:09Z.
2025-02-12: Introduced in House
2025-02-12: Referred 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.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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