Sponsor
Mark James Desaulnier
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill strengthens safe-storage rules, training, and theft/loss reporting to reduce accidental shootings and improve oversight for federal service weapons, but it also restricts vehicle storage, creates new disciplinary risks for officers, and requires funding that may increase costs for taxpayers.
Federal law enforcement officers and agency assistants will have clearer, uniform safe-storage rules and training that reduce accidental shootings and unauthorized access to service firearms.
Centralized reporting of stolen or lost service weapons to the ATF and FBI improves visibility for investigations and helps prevent future thefts or losses.
Providing locking devices or safes (subject to appropriations) lowers the out-of-pocket cost burden on officers required to comply with secure-storage rules.
Restricting firearm storage in vehicles limits convenience for federal officers who rely on temporary vehicle storage and may complicate duties when alternative safekeeping is unavailable.
Officers could face disciplinary action or minimum punishments for storage violations, increasing employment and disciplinary risks for some personnel.
Implementing training, equipment provision, and reporting systems will require funding and could increase costs for taxpayers if appropriations are provided.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires federal law enforcement agencies to adopt safe-storage policies, provide equipment/training, report lost/stolen service firearms, and impose discipline for violations.
Requires heads of civilian and military federal law enforcement agencies to adopt and implement mandatory policies for safe locking and storage of service firearms, supply related equipment as funding allows, train personnel (and contractors/assistants who carry agency firearms) on safe storage, and provide written risk information about keeping firearms at home. Agencies must report thefts or losses of service firearms to state/local law enforcement, the ATF, and the FBI, impose discipline for violations with minimum punishment standards, and generally prohibit storing agency firearms in vehicles except in limited circumstances; the act authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out these requirements.
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve safety and security for service weapons used by Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 30, 2026 by Mark James Desaulnier · Last progress April 30, 2026