,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #icj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,ms4 ,velzquez 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 ,states1 and to require the     
reporting of lost or stolen firearms to 
the appropriate law enforcement         
authorities4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,stopping the  
,iron ,pipeline ,act of #bjai4  #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 
#c4 ,reporting of lost or stolen        
firearms to local law enforcement       

authorities  7a7 ,reporting requirement 
,section #ibb of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7aa7 ,within #dh
 hours after a person who owns a firearm
 that has been shipped or transported   
in1 or has been possessed in or         
affecting1 interstate or foreign        
commerce1 discovers or should have      
discovered the theft or loss of the     
firearm1 the person shall report the    
theft or loss to local law enforcement  
authorities4 ,to the best of the        
person's ability1 the person shall      
provide the following information1 if   
known3  7#a7 ,a description of the      
firearm1 including the make1 model1     
manufacturer1 caliber1 and serial number
 of the firearm1 and any other          
distinguishing number or identification 
mark on the firearm4  7#b7 ,whether the 
firearm is being reported lost or       
stolen4  7#c7 ,the date of the loss or  
theft4  7#d7 ,the person's name and     
address4  7#e7 ,the location from which 

the firearm was lost or stolen4  4  7b7 
,penalties ,section #ibd of such title  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7r7 ,penalties for failure  
,to report loss or theft of firearm     
,whoever violates section #ibb7;aa7     
shall be fined #aj1jjj1 imprisoned not  
more than #a year1 or both1 with respect
 to each firearm involved in the        
violation4  4  7c7 ,requirement that    
local law enforcement authorities report
 lost or stolen firearms to the national
 crime information center ,within #g    
days after a local law enforcement      
authority receives a report that a      
firearm is lost or stolen1 the authority
 shall transmit the report to the       
,national ,crime ,information ,center   
maintained by the ,federal ,bureau of   
,investigation4