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Federal · 119th Congress

HR8059 Unserialized Firearm Harm Oversight and Serialization Act of 2026

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Firearms weapon accessory restrictionsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Requires serialization of 3D-printed firearms, frames, receivers, and certain assembly kits produced by licensed manufacturers, and requires licensed dealers to serialize any unserialized firearms they take into inventory, so more restrictions on unserialized firearms.

A person licensed under this section who produces or completes a frame or receiver for a firearm, or a collection of parts that, with other readily available parts, could be used to produce a firearm, through additive manufacturing or any other process involving the use of a technology, machine, or device that enables the creation of such components other than by traditional manufacturing methods, for sale or transfer in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, shall cast or engrave a serial number on the receiver or frame or each part in the collection.

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Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Codifies that certain firearm assembly kits are firearms under 18 USC 921(a)(3)(A), which subjects them to federal background-check requirements on sale by licensed dealers, so more restrictions on access to such kits.

Section 921(a)(3)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, and any combination of parts which is clearly intended to function, or may readily be converted,'' before ``to expel a projectile''.

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Firearms otherAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 70%

Provides a temporary tax credit to licensed firearm dealers for costs of complying with the new serialization requirements, so a financial incentive that partially offsets the compliance burden but does not change the underlying serialization mandate.

For purposes of section 38, in the case of a taxpayer who is licensed under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, the firearm dealer serialization credit determined under this section for the taxable year shall be an amount equal to the firearm serialization expenditures of the taxpayer for the taxable year.

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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
2026-03-24: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Filed
2026-03-24
Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Sponsor
Dave Min D + 8 cosponsors (8 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds serialization mandates for additive-manufactured firearms/parts and for unserialized guns acquired by FFL dealers, plus codifies that certain assembly kits count as firearms (triggering background checks), all of which restrict the firearms axis. A limited tax credit for dealer compliance costs is treated as neutral because it does not alter the underlying restrictions. No provisions address transgender, abortion, or immigration-enforcement topics.

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-03-24LibraIntroduced in House
2026-03-24LibraIntroduced in House
2026-03-24HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-03-24HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.