,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,honda 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,bass1  
,mr4 ,waxman1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,ms4 ,lee  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of       
,california1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4     
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 and ,mr4    
,cicilline7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend chapter #dd of title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code1 to require       
homemade firearms to have serial        
numbers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,homemade ,firearms ,accountability 
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,requirement that   
homemade firearms have serial numbers   
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #dd of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting after section #ibc the     
following3  #ibc;,a4 ,serial numbers for
 homemade firearms  7a7 ,request ,a     
person who has attained #ah years of age

 and desires to make a firearm1 or      
obtain a unique serial number or other  
identifying mark for a firearm made by  
the person after #aifh1 may request a   
licensed dealer to issue a unique serial
 number or other identifying mark for   
the firearm1 which request shall        
describe the firearm involved1 and state
 whether the firearm will be 7or is7 a  
handgun4  7b7 ,consideration  7#a7      
,treatment of request as transfer       
proposal ,a request made of a licensed  
dealer pursuant to subsection 7a7 with  
respect to a firearm shall be treated as
 a proposed transfer of the firearm from
 the licensed dealer to the applicant1  
for purposes of section #ibb7t7 of this 
title and section #ajc of the ,brady    
,handgun ,violence ,prevention ,act4    
7#b7 ,issuance of serial number ,a      
licensed dealer may issue to an         
applicant a unique serial number and    
identifying mark for a firearm pursuant 
to such a request if1 applying paragraph
 7#a7 of this subsection to the request1

 section #ibb7t7 or other law would not 
prohibit the licensed dealer from       
transferring the firearm to the         
applicant4  7#c7 ,fee authority ,a      
licensed dealer may charge an applicant 
a fee for each serial number and        
identifying mark assigned and issued    
under this section1 in an amount that is
 not more than the actual costs         
associated with assigning and issuing   
the serial number and identifying mark1 
and a fee for contacting the national   
instant criminal background check system
 with respect to the applicant4  7c7    
,prohibitions2 requirements  7#a7 ,ban  
on making firearm before obtaining      
serial number ,it shall be unlawful for 
any person1 in or affecting interstate  
or foreign commerce1 to make a firearm1 
unless the person has obtained a serial 
number and identifying mark for the     
firearm under this section4  7#b7 ,ban  
on possession or transfer of firearm    
without serial number ,it shall be      
unlawful for any person1 in or affecting

 interstate or foreign commerce1 to     
possess or transfer a firearm made by   
the person after #aifh1 unless--  7,a7 a
 serial number and identifying mark for 
the firearm has been issued under this  
section2  7,b7 within #aj days after the
 issuance1 the serial number and        
identifying mark is stamped on or       
otherwise permanently affixed to the    
firearm2 and  7,c7 if the firearm is    
made from polymer plastic1 #c4g ounces  
of material type #ag-d ,,ph stainless   
steel1 on which the unique serial number
 or identifying mark is stamped or      
otherwise permanently affixed1 are      
embedded within the plastic4  7#c7      
,exceptions ,this subsection shall not  
apply to--  7,a7 a firearm to which a   
serial number has been assigned pursuant
 to section #ibc of this title or       
chapter #ec of the ,internal ,revenue   
,code of #aihf2 or  7,b7 a licensed     
manufacturer4  7d7 ,administrative      
provision ,the ,attorney ,general shall 
maintain1 and make available on request1

 information on--  7#a7 the number of   
serial numbers and identifying marks    
issued under this section2 and  7#b7 the
 number of arrests for violations of    
this section4  4  7b7 ,penalties        
,section #ibd7;a7 of such title is      
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#e71 by   
adding at the end the following3 ,for   
purposes of this paragraph1 the issuance
 of a serial number and identifying mark
 for a firearm in violation of section  
#ibc;,a shall be considered a transfer  
of the firearm in violation of section  
#ibb7t742 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following3  7#h7 ,whoever knowingly
 violates section #ibc;,a7c7 shall be   
fined under this title1 imprisoned not  
more than #f months 7or1 if the firearm 
involved in the violation is a handgun1 
#a year71 or both4  4  7c7 ,clerical    
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #dd of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to    
section #ibc the following3  #ibc;,a4   
,serial number requirement for homemade 

firearms4  4  7d7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on ,january #a1 #bjaf4