I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5306 
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or the packaging of 
the firearm carries a label that provides the number of the National 
Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 
Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or 
the packaging of the firearm carries a label that provides 
the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gun Suicide Preven-
tion Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding the exclusion of 
firearms from the definition of consumer product in sec-
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tion 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E)), it shall be unlawful for a manufac-
turer or retailer to sell or offer for sale any firearm that 
does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). 
(b) NATIONAL
SUICIDE
PREVENTION
LIFELINE 
LABEL.—A firearm meets the requirements of this sub-
section if a clear and conspicuous label is attached to the 
firearm or appears on any packaging of the firearm and 
on any descriptive material included with the firearm 
that— 
(1) is written in both English and Spanish; 
(2) in English, reads ‘‘IF YOU OR SOMEONE 
YOU KNOW IS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, 
PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE 
PREVENTION LIFELINE AT’’ followed by 988 
and the toll-free phone number of the National Sui-
cide Prevention Lifeline maintained by the Assistant 
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use 
under section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c), or any successor to 
such toll-free number; and 
(3) contains a yellow triangle containing an ex-
clamation mark that appears immediately before the 
words ‘‘IF YOU’’ on the label. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
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(1) VIOLATION.—A violation of the prohibition 
described in subsection (a) shall be treated as a vio-
lation of section 19(a) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)). 
(2) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
in section 20 and 21 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2069; 
2070). 
(d) RETAILER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘retailer’’ includes a dealer (as such term is defined in 
section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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