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The bill expands federally coordinated, linguistically and culturally targeted outreach, grants, and standardized ERPO definitions to improve access to firearm-safety resources and reduce harm—especially for limited-English and disabled communities—while increasing federal spending, administrative burdens, potential gaps for small language communities, and raising rights and federal‑overreach concerns for some Americans.
Limited-English proficient (LEP) communities (immigrants, racial-ethnic minorities, parents/families) gain in-language, culturally appropriate information about extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), safe storage, and crisis resources, which should increase access to protections and could reduce accidental shootings and suicides.
Community-based organizations, local nonprofits, and state/local governments receive grant and subgrant opportunities and funding support to review translations, run outreach, and expand local gun-violence prevention work, improving local engagement and job support.
People with disabilities will have better access because materials must be produced in accessible formats before publication, increasing equitable access to prevention information.
Named individuals subject to ERPOs will face temporary loss of firearm possession rights under the federal definition, a significant restriction on individual rights for those affected.
Taxpayers will bear new costs for developing translations, accessible materials, a national outreach campaign, and subgrant programs, increasing federal and local administrative spending.
If 'priority languages' are defined narrowly or rigidly, smaller or rural language communities may be excluded, leaving some LEP speakers without translations or outreach.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Requires DOJ and HHS to provide translated, accessible gun violence prevention materials and run coordinated in-language public education campaigns, with funds for community review and grant prioritization for LEP outreach.
Requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to make key, public-facing gun violence prevention and firearm safety materials available in multiple non-English priority languages and in accessible formats, with community review and funding to support that review. Directs the Attorney General and HHS/CDC to run coordinated national public education campaigns and to prioritize federal grants for programs that do targeted outreach to people with limited English proficiency, and authorizes unspecified funding to carry out these tasks.
Introduced January 21, 2026 by Judy Chu · Last progress January 21, 2026