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Federal · 119th Congress
HR9204Gun Safety Innovation Opportunity Act of 2026
Direction
Firearmsstorage minorsAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Authorizes federal grants to develop and research biometric and other safe firearm storage devices that prevent unauthorized access, and requires grant applications to describe how funding will lead to greater consumer access including by lowering costs, so more households have and use storage that,
(a) In General.--The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education and firearms manufacturers to-- (1) conduct research on, and develop, technology that may be used to improve safe firearm storage devices, including technology that uses biometric data to prevent an unauthorized user from firing or accessing a firearm;
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FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Authorizes grants for research on safe storage technology and consumer uptake strategies, plus a report on assisting development, law enforcement deployment, and suicide prevention uses of such technology, so more innovation and information on storage devices without changing any mandates or access.
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to support the development of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.
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Introduced (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
President
Law
Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-06-23: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4134)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill funds research, development, and consumer-access strategies for biometric and other safe firearm storage devices that prevent unauthorized (including minor) access, plus related reporting; this promotes but does not require or restrict storage, so expands the storage-minors subtag via greater availability while the overall program is neutral on the firearms axis.
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