116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
February 8, 2019
Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Norton, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cicilline, and Mr. Moulton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Firearm Safety Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Removal of exclusion of firearms from the definition of consumer product.
Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (I) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), respectively.