S726-119

In Committee

Ethan's Law

119th Congress Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress find the following: An estimated 4,600,000 minors in the United States live in homes with at least 1 unsecured firearm. Seventy-three percent of children under, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4. It relies on compliance mandates, grants, product standards, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Immigration, Trade, Criminal Justice, and Education.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Reduces a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress find the following: An estimated 4,600,000 minors in the United States live in homes with at least 1 unsecured firearm. Seventy-three percent of children under...
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3.
  • Expands a grant, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4.
  • Expands a grant, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 3061.
  • Creates loosens a liability shield provision: 5. Sense of Congress Paragraph (4) of section 922(z) of title 18, United States Code, as added by section 3, is amended by adding at the end the following: It is the sense...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress find the following: An estimated 4,600,000 minors in the United States live in homes with at least 1 unsecured firearm. Seventy-three percent of children under, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Trade, Criminal Justice, Education

Primary Purpose

The bill reduces a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress find the following: An estimated 4,600,000 minors in the United States live in homes with at least 1 unsecured firearm. Seventy-three percent of children under, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4.

Policy Domains

Immigration Trade Criminal Justice Education

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 25, 2025

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sanders, …

Feb 25, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Trade Criminal Justice Education
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"covered State or Indian Tribe" §id6db04e7f8e6f4667b5ee3d090f579711

a State or Indian Tribe that, before the date of enactment of this part, enacted a law—(i)that is functionally identical to section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code

"covered State or Indian Tribe" §id758dbae9b2f244368c8b8f0cb48effbf

a State or Indian Tribe that, before the date of enactment of this part, enacted a law— that is functionally identical to section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code

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