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Federal · 119th Congress

HR4143 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2025

Direction

Firearms weapon accessory restrictionsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Prohibits distributing CAD files or code over the internet that can automatically program a 3D printer to produce a firearm or complete one from an unfinished frame or receiver, so fewer untraceable or undetectable firearms can be made.

It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally distribute, over the internet or by means of the World Wide Web, digital instructions in the form of Computer Aided Design files or other code that can automatically program a 3-dimensional printer or similar device to produce a firearm or complete a firearm from an unfinished frame or receiver.

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Prohibits distributing 3D printer plans for firearms to address risks from untraceable and potentially undetectable plastic guns that bypass background checks and serial number requirements.

The availability of online schematics for the 3D printing of firearms and firearm parts increases the risk that dangerous people, including felons, domestic abusers, and other people prohibited from possessing firearms under Federal law, will obtain a firearm through 3D printing.

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  1. Introduced (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. President
  6. Law

Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6

Last action
2025-06-25: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Filed
2025-06-25
Committee
Judiciary Committee
Sponsor
Jared Moskowitz D + 4 cosponsors (4 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a prohibition in 18 USC 922 on distributing digital code or CAD files that enable 3D printing of firearms or parts, directly restricting access to untraceable weapons that evade background checks, serial numbering, and detection; this fits firearms/weapon-accessory-restrictions for the core ban on 3D-printed gun plans and firearms/other for the broader regulatory and tracing concerns addressed in the findings.

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History (3 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-06-25LibraIntroduced in House
2025-06-25LibraIntroduced in House
2025-06-25HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.