I 
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 con-
sumer product safety standards for firearm locks and 
firearm safes, 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 ‘‘Safe Gun Storage Act 
of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR 
FIREARM LOCKS AND FIREARM SAFES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Product Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 43. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR 
FIREARM LOCKS AND FIREARM SAFES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) RULEMAKING REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) RULEMAKING
PROCEEDING.—Not-
withstanding section 3(a)(5)(E), the Commis-
sion shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding 
under section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code, within 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this section to establish— 
‘‘(i) a consumer product safety stand-
ard for firearm locks; and 
‘‘(ii) a consumer product safety stand-
ard for firearm safes. 
‘‘(B) FINAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including chapter 5 of 
title 5, United States Code, the Commission 
shall promulgate final consumer product safety 
standards under this paragraph within 12 
months after the date on which the Commission 
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initiates the rulemaking proceeding under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each final con-
sumer product safety standard promulgated 
under this paragraph shall take effect 6 months 
after the date on which such standard is pro-
mulgated. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
FIREARM
LOCK 
STANDARD.—The standard for firearm locks promul-
gated under paragraph (1) shall require firearm 
locks that— 
‘‘(A) are sufficiently difficult for an unau-
thorized user to de-activate or remove; and 
‘‘(B) prevent the discharge of the firearm 
unless the firearm lock has been de-activated or 
removed. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
FIREARM
SAFE 
STANDARD.—The standard for firearm safes promul-
gated under paragraph (1) shall require firearm 
safes that reliably secure firearms from unauthor-
ized users, and include reliable security features, 
quality, and construction to reliably prevent unau-
thorized users from gaining access to a firearm by 
damaging or physically manipulating the safe. 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN PROVISIONS NOT TO APPLY.— 
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‘‘(1) PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.—Sections 7 and 
9 of this Act do not apply to the rulemaking pro-
ceeding under paragraph (1) of subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 5.—Except for sec-
tion 553, chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, 
does not apply to this section. 
‘‘(3) CHAPTER 6 OF TITLE 5.—Chapter 6 of 
title 5, United States Code, does not apply to this 
section. 
‘‘(4) 
NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY 
ACT.—The National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) does not apply to this 
section. 
‘‘(c) NO EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—Notwithstanding 
section 26 of this Act, this section does not annul, alter, 
impair, affect, or exempt any person subject to a consumer 
product safety standard promulgated under subsection 
(a)(1) from complying with any provision of the law of 
any State or any political subdivision thereof, except to 
the extent that such provision is inconsistent with any 
such standard, and then only to the extent of the incon-
sistency. A provision of the law of a State or a political 
subdivision thereof is not inconsistent with a consumer 
product safety standard promulgated under subsection 
(a)(1) if such provision affords greater protection to indi-
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viduals with respect to firearms than is afforded by such 
standard. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b)(1), the consumer product safety standards promul-
gated by the Commission under subsection (a)(1) shall be 
enforced under this Act as if such standards were con-
sumer product safety standards described in section 7(a). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FIREARM.—The term ‘firearm’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 921(a) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(2) FIREARM LOCK.—The term ‘firearm lock’ 
means any disabling or locking device that is not 
built into the firearm at the time of manufacture 
and that is designed to prevent the firearm from 
being discharged unless the device has been deacti-
vated or removed. 
‘‘(3) FIREARM SAFE.—The term ‘firearm safe’ 
means a container that is advertised to be used to 
store a firearm and that is designed to be unlocked 
only by means of a key, a combination, or other 
similar means.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act is amended by adding at 
the end of the table of contents the following: 
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