[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9060 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9060
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit
against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 29, 2022
Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
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A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit
against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices.
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 ``Prevent Family Fire Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. SAFE FIREARM STORAGE CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 45U. SAFE FIREARM STORAGE CREDIT.
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the safe
firearm storage credit determined under this section for the taxable
year is an amount equal to 10 percent of amounts received from the
first retail sale of a safe firearm storage device for use within the
United States.
``(b) Limitation.--
``(1) In general.--The amount taken into account under
subsection (a) with respect to a safe firearm storage device
shall not exceed $400.
``(2) Value.--If, in connection with a sale of a safe
firearm storage device, the transferee receives other property,
the amount taken into account under subsection (a) shall be
limited to the amount received solely with respect to the safe
firearm storage device, which shall be determined based on the
value of the safe firearm storage device relative to the value
of such other property.
``(c) Safe Firearm Storage Device.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--The term `safe firearm storage device'
means a device that is--
``(A) designed and marketed for the principal
purpose of denying unauthorized access to, or rendering
inoperable, a firearm or ammunition, and
``(B) secured by a combination lock, key lock, or
lock based on biometric information which, once locked,
is incapable of being opened without the combination,
key, or biometric information, respectively.
``(2) Exclusion.--The term `safe firearm storage device'
does not include--
``(A) any device which is incorporated to any
extent into the design of a firearm or of ammunition,
or
``(B) any device that, as of the day of the sale
described in subsection (a), has been subject to a
mandatory recall by the Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
``(3) Firearm; ammunition.--The terms `firearm' and
`ammunition' have the meanings given such terms in section 921
of title 18, United States Code (without regard to all that
follows `firearm silencer' in paragraph (3) of such section).
``(d) Termination.--This section shall not apply to sales after
December 31, 2030.''.
(b) Credit Made Part of General Business Credit.--Subsection (b) of
section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
``plus'' at the end of paragraph (32), by striking the period at the
end of paragraph (33) and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(34) the safe firearm storage credit determined under
section 45U.''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 45U. Safe firearm storage credit.''.
(d) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall make publicly
available an annual report of the credits against tax allowed by reason
of section 45U (as added by this section), disaggregated by State.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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