Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires federal firearms licensees (licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers) to provide Attorney General-prescribed information about secure firearms storage to all firearm purchasers, expands existing requirement for federal firearms licensees to stock gun storage devices, now mandating they have a VARIETY of devices available including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, and creates new Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code establishing a nonrefundable tax credit for individuals who purchase qualified gun safes. It relies on compliance mandates, tax credits, reporting requirements, and product standards. The main policy areas are Public Safety, Trade, and Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
Individual taxpayers purchasing gun safes could see lower costs, Gun safe manufacturers could gain revenue opportunities, and Gun safe and storage device manufacturers could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal firearms licensees (gun dealers, importers, manufacturers) would take on compliance duties, Federal government (U.S. Treasury) could face higher costs, and Federal firearms licensees (gun stores) would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires federal firearms licensees (licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers) to provide Attorney General-prescribed information about secure firearms storage to all firearm purchasers.
- Expands existing requirement for federal firearms licensees to stock gun storage devices, now mandating they have a VARIETY of devices available including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases...
- Creates new Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code establishing a nonrefundable tax credit for individuals who purchase qualified gun safes.
- Provides the statutory text for new IRC Section 25F, the gun safe tax credit.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires federal firearms licensees (licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers) to provide Attorney General-prescribed information about secure firearms storage to all firearm purchasers, expands existing requirement for federal firearms licensees to stock gun storage devices, now mandating they have a VARIETY of devices available including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, and creates new Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code establishing a nonrefundable tax credit for individuals who purchase qualified gun safes.
Key Policy Areas
Public Safety, Trade, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
The bill requires federal firearms licensees (licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers) to provide Attorney General-prescribed information about secure firearms storage to all firearm purchasers, expands existing requirement for federal firearms licensees to stock gun storage devices, now mandating they have a VARIETY of devices available including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, and creates new Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code establishing a nonrefundable tax credit for individuals who purchase qualified gun safes.
Policy Domains
Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- Individual taxpayers purchasing gun safes
- Gun safe manufacturers
- Gun safe and storage device manufacturers
- Gun safe and storage device retailers/wholesalers
- Gun safe and lock box retailers
Identified Costs
- Federal firearms licensees (gun dealers, importers, manufacturers)
- Federal government (U.S. Treasury)
- Federal firearms licensees (gun stores)
- Department of Justice / Attorney General
- IRS / Tax administration
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Sherrill (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Brownley, …
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Firearm purchasers (gun buyers), Individual taxpayers purchasing gun safes
Gun safe and storage device manufacturers, Gun safe manufacturers
Department of Justice / Attorney General, Federal government (U.S. Treasury), IRS / Tax administration
Federal firearms licensees (gun dealers, importers, manufacturers), Federal firearms licensees (gun stores)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Any safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device: (1) the original use of which commences with the taxpayer, (2) acquired to store firearms and not for resale, (3) designed for secure and fully-contained storage of firearms, and (4) designed to be unlocked only by authorized users via key, combination, biometric credentials, or similar means
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