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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4691 

To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product 

Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for 

firearm locks and firearm safes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2019 

Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Ms. JAYAPAL) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the 

Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and 

firearm safes, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Gun Storage Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR 

2 FIREARM LOCKS AND FIREARM SAFES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Product Safety 

4 Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

5 the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 43. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR 

7 FIREARM LOCKS AND FIREARM SAFES. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RULEMAKING REQUIRED.— 

10 ‘‘(A) RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—Not11 withstanding section 3(a)(5)(E), the Commis12 sion shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding 

13 under section 553 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, within 90 days after the date of the en15 actment of this section to establish— 

16 ‘‘(i) a consumer product safety stand17 ard for firearm locks; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) a consumer product safety stand19 ard for firearm safes. 

20 ‘‘(B) FINAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, including chapter 5 of 

22 title 5, United States Code, the Commission 

23 shall promulgate final consumer product safety 

24 standards under this paragraph within 12 

25 months after the date on which the Commission 


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1 initiates the rulemaking proceeding under sub2 paragraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each final con4 sumer product safety standard promulgated 

5 under this paragraph shall take effect 6 months 

6 after the date on which such standard is pro7 mulgated. 

8 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREARM LOCK

9 STANDARD.—The standard for firearm locks promul10 gated under paragraph (1) shall require firearm 

11 locks that— 

12 ‘‘(A) are sufficiently difficult for an unau13 thorized user to de-activate or remove; and 

14 ‘‘(B) prevent the discharge of the firearm 

15 unless the firearm lock has been de-activated or 

16 removed. 

17 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREARM SAFE

18 STANDARD.—The standard for firearm safes promul19 gated under paragraph (1) shall require firearm 

20 safes that reliably secure firearms from unauthor21 ized users, and include reliable security features, 

22 quality, and construction to reliably prevent unau23 thorized users from gaining access to a firearm by 

24 damaging or physically manipulating the safe. 

25 ‘‘(b) CERTAIN PROVISIONS NOT TO APPLY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.—Sections 7 and 

2 9 of this Act do not apply to the rulemaking pro3 ceeding under paragraph (1) of subsection (a). 

4 ‘‘(2) CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 5.—Except for sec5 tion 553, chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, 

6 does not apply to this section. 

7 ‘‘(3) CHAPTER 6 OF TITLE 5.—Chapter 6 of 

8 title 5, United States Code, does not apply to this 

9 section. 

10 ‘‘(4) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

11 ACT.—The National Environmental Policy Act of 

12 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) does not apply to this 

13 section. 

14 ‘‘(c) NO EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—Notwithstanding 

15 section 26 of this Act, this section does not annul, alter, 

16 impair, affect, or exempt any person subject to a consumer 

17 product safety standard promulgated under subsection 

18 (a)(1) from complying with any provision of the law of 

19 any State or any political subdivision thereof, except to 

20 the extent that such provision is inconsistent with any 

21 such standard, and then only to the extent of the incon22 sistency. A provision of the law of a State or a political 

23 subdivision thereof is not inconsistent with a consumer 

24 product safety standard promulgated under subsection 

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1 viduals with respect to firearms than is afforded by such 

2 standard. 

3 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—Notwithstanding subsection 

4 (b)(1), the consumer product safety standards promul5 gated by the Commission under subsection (a)(1) shall be 

6 enforced under this Act as if such standards were con7 sumer product safety standards described in section 7(a). 

8 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) FIREARM.—The term ‘firearm’ has the 

10 meaning given the term in section 921(a) of title 18, 

11 United States Code. 

12 ‘‘(2) FIREARM LOCK.—The term ‘firearm lock’ 

13 means any disabling or locking device that is not 

14 built into the firearm at the time of manufacture 

15 and that is designed to prevent the firearm from 

16 being discharged unless the device has been deacti17 vated or removed. 

18 ‘‘(3) FIREARM SAFE.—The term ‘firearm safe’ 

19 means a container that is advertised to be used to 

20 store a firearm and that is designed to be unlocked 

21 only by means of a key, a combination, or other 

22 similar means.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of the 

24 Consumer Product Safety Act is amended by adding at 

25 the end of the table of contents the following: 


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‘‘Sec. 43. Consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and firearm 

safes.’’. 

1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Con3 sumer Product Safety Commission $2,000,000 to carry 

4 out the provisions of section 43 of the Consumer Product 

5 Safety Act, as added by section 1, such sums to remain 

6 available until expended. 

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