Unserialized Firearm Harm Oversight and Serialization Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Dave Min
Introduced
Summary
Requires serial numbers on frames, receivers, and collections of parts produced by additive manufacturing or other non-traditional methods. This bill would also clarify the federal definition of a firearm and create a tax credit to help licensed businesses cover serialization costs.
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- Makers using additive or other non-traditional manufacturing would have to engrave or cast a serial number on each frame, receiver, or part collection. A first offense can trigger a civil penalty up to $10,000 and repeat violations carry criminal penalties.
- Licensed dealers, importers, and manufacturers would have to engrave serials on unserialized firearms added to inventory, transmit a receipt with the serial number, and keep a copy. A new Firearm Dealer Serialization Credit would help pay for engraving or casting equipment and software and is capped at $1,000 for that category.
- The bill limits use of serialization records to ongoing bona fide criminal investigations, preserves state law authority, and generally takes effect 180 days after enactment.
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Tax credit for dealer serialization
If enacted, licensed firearms businesses would be able to claim a new tax credit for costs to engrave or cast serial numbers. The credit would pay up to $1,000 per year for engraving equipment or related software. It would also pay up to $50 per firearm for other serialization costs, but that part would be capped at $1,500 per year. The credit would apply only to amounts paid or incurred after enactment, generally last up to 5 years (may be extended to 7 years after a certification), and costs counted for the credit could not also be deducted and would reduce the property's tax basis.
New serialization rules for gun makers and dealers
If enacted, the bill would expand what counts as a "firearm" to include assemblies or sets of parts meant to work as, or easily converted into, a gun. It would define "additive manufacturing" and other non‑traditional methods and require licensed makers who 3D-print or finish frames, receivers, or part kits to engrave or cast serial numbers on the receiver, frame, or each part. Licensed dealers who receive an unserialized firearm would have to engrave or cast a serial number, send a record with that number to the Attorney General, and keep a copy. The Attorney General could use those transmitted records only in ongoing criminal investigations, and the bill would set civil fines up to $10,000 for a knowing first offense and criminal penalties up to $100,000 and at least one year imprisonment for willful repeat violations; these rules would take effect 180 days after enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dave Min
CA • D
Cosponsors
Wesley Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Jahana Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Andrea Salinas
OR • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Sylvia R. Garcia
TX • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Josh Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Daniel S. Goldman
NY • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Adelita S. Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Thomas R. Suozzi
NY • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
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