Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
Bill: S.1825 | Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021This bill requires safety standards for firearm locks and safes. Under such standards, firearm locks must be reasonably designed to (1) prevent the firearm from discharging while the lock is activated, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the firearm. Further, firearm safes must be reasonably designed to (1) secure firearms, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the safe through physical manipulation or damage.

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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2021''.

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.--Notwithstanding 
                section 3(a)(5)(E), the Commission shall initiate a 
                rulemaking proceeding under section 553 of title 5, 
                United States Code, within 90 days after the date of 
                the enactment of this section to establish--
                            ``(i) a consumer product safety standard 
                        for firearm locks; and
                            ``(ii) a consumer product safety standard 
                        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 initiates the rulemaking proceeding under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Effective date.--Each final consumer product 
                safety standard promulgated under this paragraph shall 
                take effect 6 months after the date on which such 
                standard is promulgated.
            ``(2) Requirements for firearm lock standard.--The standard 
        for firearm locks promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require 
        firearm locks that--
                    ``(A) are sufficiently difficult for an 
                unauthorized 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 promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require 
        firearm safes that reliably secure firearms from unauthorized 
        users, and include reliable security features, quality, and 
        construction to reliably prevent unauthorized users from 
        gaining access to a firearm by damaging or physically 
        manipulating the safe.
    ``(b) Certain Provisions Not To Apply.--
            ``(1) Provisions of this act.--Sections 7 and 9 of this Act 
        do not apply to the rulemaking proceeding under paragraph (1) 
        of subsection (a).
            ``(2) Chapter 5 of title 5.--Except for section 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 inconsistency. 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 individuals with respect to 
firearms than is afforded by such standard.
    ``(d) Enforcement.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), the consumer 
product safety standards promulgated by the Commission under subsection 
(a)(1) shall be enforced under this Act as if such standards were 
consumer 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 
        deactivated 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:

``Sec. 43. Consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and 
                            firearm safes.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission $2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of section 43 
of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as added by section 1, such sums to 
remain available until expended.
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