,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #e1         
#bjag,ms4 ,velzquez 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,blumenauer1 and ,mr4 ,serrano7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for  
the establishment of a national standard
 for incorporating a passive            
identification ability into all firearms
 sold in the ,united ,states4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stopping the ,iron ,pipeline ,act  
of #bjag 4  #b4 ,passive capability to  
identify lost and stolen firearms  7a7  
,establishment of national standard     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,attorney ,general
 shall1 in consultation with the        
,national ,institute for ,standards and 
,technology1 establish in regulations a 
national standard for the incorporation 
of a passive identification capability  
into all firearms sold in the ,united   
,states4  7#b7 ,passive identification  

capability defined ,in this section1 the
 term passive identification capability 
means a technology that-- 7,a7 enables a
 firearm to be identified by a mobile or
 fixed reading device2 and  7,b7 does   
not emit or broadcast an electronic     
signal or other information that would  
enable the firearm or its owner to be   
monitored or tracked4  7#c7             
,considerations ,in developing the      
standard1 the ,attorney ,general shall  
give equal priority to the following3   
7,a7 ,the right of firearm owners to    
maintain their full right to privacy    
under the #dth ,amendment and their     
right to legally own firearms under the 
#bnd ,amendment4  7,b7 ,the ability of  
law enforcement authorities to use the  
capability to track lost and stolen     
guns4  7,c7 ,the ability of             
manufacturers to incorporate the        
capability using existing firearm       
manufacturing processes4  7,d7 ,the     
resistance to tampering and destruction 
of the technology used to incorporate   

the capability4  7b7 ,prohibition2      
penalty  7#a7 ,prohibition ,it shall be 
unlawful for a person1 in or affecting  
interstate or foreign commerce1 to      
manufacture a firearm that does not have
 a passive identification capability    
that meets the national standard        
established under subsection 7a74  7#b7 
,civil penalty ,after notice and        
opportunity for hearing1 the ,attorney  
,general shall impose on a person who   
violates paragraph 7#a7 a civil money   
penalty in such amount1 not exceeding   
#b1ejj per firearm1 as the ,attorney    
,general shall prescribe in regulations4
  7#c7 ,effective date ,this subsection 
shall take effect on such date as the   
,attorney ,general shall prescribe in   
regulations that is not later than #c   
years after the establishment of the    
national standard under subsection 7a74