119-hr3373

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3373 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3373

To create a system to report the movement of firearm parts across State 
 lines, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 13, 2025

Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Casar, 
 Ms. McBride, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Dean of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Tran, Mr. 
Levin, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Randall, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
 Ms. Escobar, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Salinas, Mr. 
 Min, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To create a system to report the movement of firearm parts across State 
 lines, 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 ``Gun Hardware Oversight and Shipment 
Tracking Act of 2025'' or the ``GHOST Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL INTERSTATE FIREARM PARTS REPORTING SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``

Sec. 935. Federal Interstate Firearm Parts Reporting System
 ``

    (a) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish and 
operate a program under this section, to be known as the `Federal 
Interstate Firearm Parts Reporting System', to assist law enforcement 
officers in monitoring the shipment or transportation of covered 
firearm components in interstate or foreign commerce.
 ``

    (b) Registration Requirement.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Within 5 business days before an entity 
 ships or transports in interstate or foreign commerce a covered 
 firearm component, the entity shall register the shipment or 
 transportation of the covered firearm component by submitting 
 to the Attorney General, in such form and manner determined by 
 the Attorney General, the following information:
 ``
        (A) The name, physical mailing address, phone 
 number or electronic mail address, and the eligible 
 identification number of the entity.
 ``
        (B) The name, physical mailing address, phone 
 number or electronic mail address, and the eligible 
 identification number of the intended recipient of the 
 covered firearm component.
 ``
            (C) The method by which the entity is shipping or 
 transporting the covered firearm component, such as by 
 mail, personal delivery, or delivery by courier, and 
 the name of the shipper or transporter.
 ``
            (D) A list or manifest of the items in, or a bill 
 of lading with respect to, the package or cargo 
 containing the covered firearm component, prepared by 
 the entity for the shipment or transportation.
 ``

    (2) Requirement for delivery.--
 ``
        (A) Postal delivery to require registered or 
 certified mail.--An entity using the mails to ship or 
 transport a covered firearm component in interstate or 
 foreign commerce shall use registered or certified 
 mail, return receipt requested, or an equivalent 
 service determined by the Attorney General in 
 consultation with the United States Postal Service.
 ``
        (B) Other forms of delivery to require signature 
 of recipient.--An entity using a means other than the 
 mails to ship or transport a covered firearm component 
 in interstate or foreign commerce a covered firearm 
 component by delivery shall obtain, cause to obtain, or 
 use a service that requires, the signature of the 
 recipient on delivery and notification to the entity of 
 the signature.
 ``

    (3) Confirmation of delivery.--Within 5 business days 
 after submitting to the Attorney General the information 
 described in paragraph

    (1) , an entity that ships or transports 
 in interstate or foreign commerce a covered firearm component 
 shall submit to the Attorney General the date that the entity 
 began the shipment or transportation and--
 ``
        (A)
            (i) any documentation received by the entity 
 with respect to the delivery; and
 ``
            (ii) the date that the recipient received the 
 covered firearm component according to the 
 documentation; or
 ``
        (B) a certification that the entity has not 
 received the documentation, in which case the entity 
 shall comply with subparagraph
        (A) at the earliest 
 possible opportunity and submit an additional such 
 certification every 5 business days thereafter until--
 ``
            (i) the entity is able to, and does, 
 comply with subparagraph
        (A) ; or
 ``
            (ii) the Attorney General informs the 
 entity that additional certifications are not 
 required.
 ``

    (4) Safe harbor provisions.--
 ``
        (A) Retroactive registration after shipment or 
 transportation.--Subject to subparagraph
            (C) , an entity 
 that ships or transports in interstate or foreign 
 commerce a covered firearm component without complying 
 with paragraph

    (1) may retroactively register the 
 shipment or transportation of the covered firearm 
 component by submitting to the Attorney General the 
 information required by paragraph

    (1) not later than 5 
 business days after the completion of delivery.
 ``
        (B) Putative registration by recipient.--The 
 recipient of a covered firearm component shipped or 
 transported in interstate or foreign commerce may file 
 a putative registration of the shipment or 
 transportation of the covered firearm component by 
 submitting to the Attorney General, not later than 5 
 business days after receiving the covered firearm 
 component--
 ``
            (i) such information required under 
 paragraph

    (1) available to the recipient, with 
 a certification that the information is 
 accurate and complete to the best of the 
 ability of the recipient; or
 ``
            (ii) a written assurance provided to the 
 recipient by the entity that shipped or 
 transported the covered firearm component that 
 contains the information required under 
 paragraph

    (1) .
 ``
            (C) Discretion of attorney general to prohibit 
 retroactive registration.--The Attorney General may 
 prohibit an entity from retroactively registering the 
 shipment or transportation of a covered firearm 
 component under subparagraph
        (A) if the Attorney 
 General--
 ``
            (i) determines that the entity routinely 
 fails to comply with paragraph

    (1) and relies 
 on subparagraph
        (A) for the registration of a 
 shipment or transportation of a covered firearm 
 component; and
 ``
            (ii) provides notice to the entity of the 
 determination described in clause
            (i) .
 ``
            (c) Database of Registrations.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall compile and 
 maintain a database containing the information gathered under 
 this section.
 ``

    (2) Access to database.--The Attorney General may 
 disclose information in the database to any of the following:
 ``
        (A) A Federal, State, local, Tribal, or foreign 
 law enforcement agency.
 ``
        (B) A Federal, State, or local prosecutor.
 ``
            (C) A Federal agency.
 ``
            (D) An individual with express authorization from 
 an entity described in any of subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) .
 ``

    (3) Exemption from freedom of information act.--Except as 
 provided under this section, the information gathered by the 
 Attorney General under this section may not be publicly 
 disclosed and shall be exempt from disclosure under 

section 552

    (b)

    (3) of title 5.
 ``
            (d) Unregistered Shipments or Transportations of Covered Firearm 
Components.--
 ``

    (1) Components subject to seizure.--The Attorney General, 
 and any government entity designated by the Attorney General, 
 may seize a covered firearm component that was, or is being, 
 shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce 
 without registration under subsection

    (b) .
 ``

    (2) Exigent circumstances.--A law enforcement officer 
 under the authority of a State, local, or Tribal law 
 enforcement agency may seize a covered firearm component 
 described in paragraph

    (1) if the officer certifies to the 
 Attorney General that exigent circumstances, with a reasonable 
 risk of injury or death, existed at the time of seizure that 
 prevented seizure of the covered firearm component after the 
 Attorney General could have designated the officer or agency 
 under paragraph

    (1) .
 ``

    (3) Administrative proceedings for destruction.--The 
 Attorney General may use administrative proceedings to provide 
 for the destruction of a covered firearm component seized under 
 paragraph

    (1) if no person raises an objection to the Attorney 
 General with respect to the destruction.
 ``

    (4) Judicial review.--If a person raises an objection to 
 destruction of a covered firearm component under paragraph

    (2) , 
 the Attorney General may petition the United States district 
 court for the district in which the Attorney General seized the 
 covered firearm component for an order authorizing the 
 destruction, which shall be granted if the court determines 
 that--
 ``
        (A) the Attorney General did not receive, with 
 respect to the covered firearm component, a 
 registration under subsection

    (b)

    (1) , a retroactive 
 registration under subsection

    (b)

    (4)
        (A) , or a putative 
 registration under subsection

    (b)

    (4)
        (B) ; and
 ``
        (B) if the recipient of the covered firearm 
 component had a reasonable opportunity to file a 
 putative registration under subsection

    (b)

    (4)
        (B) with 
 respect to the covered firearm component, the recipient 
 did not file the putative registration.
 ``

    (e) Unlawful Acts.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
knowingly ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce a covered 
firearm component without registration under subsection

    (b) , with 
intent to evade the registration requirements of this section.
 ``

    (f) Authority To Prescribe Regulations.--The Attorney General may 
prescribe regulations to carry out this section, which may include 
regulations describing the administrative proceedings referred to in 
subsection
            (d) (3) .
 ``

    (g) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section and 

section 924

    (q) :
 ``

    (1) Covered firearm component.--The term `covered firearm 
 component' means the barrel, slide, or bolt carrier of a 
 firearm.
 ``

    (2) Eligible identification number.--The term `eligible 
 identification number' means, with respect to an entity--
 ``
        (A) the identifying number assigned to the entity 
 under 

section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
 1986;
 ``
        (B) the last 4 digits of the social security 
 number of the entity; or
 ``
            (C) an identification number approved by the 
 Attorney General that uniquely identifies the 
 entity.''.

    (b) Penalties.--

Section 924 of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
 ``

    (q) Any person who knowingly violates 

section 935

    (e) --
 ``

    (1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
 than 1 year, or both; and
 ``

    (2) if the offense includes the shipment or 
 transportation of not less than 50 covered firearm components 
 as part of a single act, commission, conspiracy, or enterprise, 
 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 
 years, or both.''.
            (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``935. Federal Interstate Firearm Parts Reporting System.''.
            (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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