{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7910","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7910","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-05-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-06-08","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h245","question":"On Passage","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":223,"nay":204,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll245.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-06-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title I","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":228,"nay":199,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll237.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title II","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":226,"nay":197,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll238.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title III","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":226,"nay":194,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll239.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title IV","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll240.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title V","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":233,"nay":194,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll241.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title VI","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":207,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll242.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Retaining Title VII","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":380,"nay":47,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll243.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-06-08","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Protecting Our Kids Act","result":"Failed","yea":198,"nay":228,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll244.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-06-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protecting Our Kids Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to establish new criminal offenses and to expand the types of weapons and devices that are subject to regulation."},{"k":"p","t":"Among the changes, the bill"},{"k":"li","t":"generally prohibits the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals who are under 21 years of age;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishes new federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related conduct;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers);","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"subjects bump stocks to regulation under federal firearms laws;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requires the Department of Justice to report on the demographic data of persons who are determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the national instant criminal background check system.","d":1}],"words":163},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends federal firearms laws to set age limits on purchases of certain firearms, create gun trafficking offenses, regulate firearms without serial numbers and undetectable firearms, set firearm storage rules, cover bump stocks, and restrict large capacity ammunition feeding devices.","cites":[{"label":"Title I","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HC3F54EC62DC1423EAFE93D3468221ADA"},{"label":"Title II","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H19D307834E8C49AF8BDB3961C1BBA0A4"},{"label":"Title III","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HDF2105780E3F49CABE285103D6794FE9"},{"label":"Title IV","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H44A1CDD906F34D32AE8D25767C21FC82"},{"label":"Title V","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H72B82F8D0D5D46CC93349EAC6593A893"},{"label":"Title VI","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HF652D3D03FDB43F7930A7E0A74ECE3F1"}]},"core_areas":["Minimum age for purchase of certain firearms from licensees","Gun trafficking and straw purchases","Firearms without serial numbers (ghost guns) and undetectable firearms","Firearm storage in residences and safe storage grants","Bump stocks","Large capacity ammunition feeding devices","Reporting on background check denials"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Bars licensed dealers from selling certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or shotguns that have or can accept a feeding device holding over 5 rounds to a person under 21, unless the buyer is a qualified individual such as an active-duty service member.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HA367851F60D849DB8BEC3FCCE26F8846"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful for a person other than a licensee to knowingly buy or acquire a firearm for the possession of a third party, with listed exceptions including bona fide gifts between family members.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H52010DE68B614C4698A8D12D61448321"}},{"text":"Defines \"ghost gun\" and makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, transfer, purchase or receive one, with listed exceptions; 30 months after enactment, possession by anyone other than a licensed manufacturer or importer also becomes unlawful.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HCF010785CDC04BE48ED37FA65C882EC7"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful to keep a firearm at a residence under one's control if the person knows or should know a minor is likely to gain access without permission or a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm, with a $500 fine per violation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HD9C1EBCE7E52483A80CB09FA6C9EDFA5"}},{"text":"Adds bump stocks to the items listed in section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and defines the term \"bump stock\" and the term \"semiautomatic weapon\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HF5DD7E1D71FA480883FF12535A803584"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful to import, sell, manufacture, transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for devices lawfully possessed on or before enactment and other listed exceptions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HD9137E7095D14988BE350C802CF7CFE2"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H0BA0F092CBFC4832AA3E560FFBCD460D"},"heading":"Operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s public access line","effect":"Requires the FBI Director to report to the Judiciary Committees within 90 days on how the FBI's public access line shares information with field offices, with recommendations.","amount":null,"quote":"a report regarding operation of the FBI’s public access line"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HA367851F60D849DB8BEC3FCCE26F8846"},"heading":"Prohibition on Federal firearms licensee selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions","effect":"Bars licensed dealers from selling certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles and shotguns to people under 21, except to a 'qualified individual' defined as active-duty military or full-time government employees authorized to carry a firearm.","amount":null,"quote":"a full-time employee of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State who in the course of his or her official duties is authorized to carry a firearm"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H52010DE68B614C4698A8D12D61448321"},"heading":"Prohibition on straw purchases of firearms; prohibition on gun trafficking","effect":"Creates a gun trafficking offense covering purchases for a third party, but section 932 does not apply to bona fide gifts between family members or to purchases by an agent of a lawful business for another agent of the business.","amount":null,"quote":"is purchased or acquired by any person, or that any person attempts to purchase or acquire, as a bona fide gift between family members"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HCF010785CDC04BE48ED37FA65C882EC7"},"heading":"Requirement that all firearms be traceable","effect":"Defines and bars 'ghost guns' (firearms without a serial number), but the definition leaves out firearms made or imported before December 16, 1968 and firearms given a State-assigned serial number within 30 months. It also delays possession bans 30 months and exempts licensed manufacturers and importers.","amount":null,"quote":"a firearm manufactured or imported before December 16, 1968"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HD9C1EBCE7E52483A80CB09FA6C9EDFA5"},"heading":"Ethan’s Law","effect":"Makes it unlawful to store a firearm where a minor or a person barred from possessing firearms is likely to gain access, with a $500 fine per violation. It also creates grants for States and Tribes with matching laws, with a first-year eligibility exception for those that already enacted such laws.","amount":null,"quote":"A covered State or Indian Tribe shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this part."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 403","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H3B810F2D6F44437CA45C88428D61A01E"},"heading":"Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage","effect":"Requires a 'SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES' notice with handguns, rifles, and shotguns starting January 1, 2025, only from manufacturers and importers that serialize at least 250 firearms a year. It also authorizes $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2023 through 2033 for safe storage grants.","amount":null,"quote":"licensed manufacturers and licensed importers that serialize not less than 250 firearms annually pursuant to subsection (i) shall provide a clear and conspicuous written notice"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-HD9137E7095D14988BE350C802CF7CFE2"},"heading":"Restrictions on large capacity ammunition feeding devices","effect":"Makes it unlawful to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess large capacity ammunition feeding devices, but exempts devices lawfully possessed before enactment, government and qualified law enforcement use, retired officers, certain Atomic Energy Act licensees, and licensed manufacturers' testing.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed on or before the date of enactment of this subsection."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh#toc-H5BD01BEC7B0D40E19CBC57A90DA89157"},"heading":"Modernization of the prohibition on undetectable firearms","effect":"Rewrites the undetectable firearm prohibition and, in its rewrite of paragraph (5), exempts firearms held by the United States and firearms handled by licensed manufacturers or importers under a contract with the United States.","amount":null,"quote":"any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-06-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-7910.png","v":"0c9f24863de5","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7910, 117th Congress: Protecting Our Kids Act. House: 223 Yea, 204 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Jun 2022."}}