Title: TASERS Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
TASER Access, Safety, and Effectiveness Review and Study Act or the TASERS Act  This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in consultation with various federal agencies, to study the use of firearms and Tasers. Specifically, with respect to both types of weapon, the CPSC must determine (1) the number of successful self-defense attempts, (2) the number of accidental discharges or misfires, (3) the types of injuries sustained, and (4) the long-term health implications for individuals who are shot or tased.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4740 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4740

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in consultation with 
     the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
    Explosives, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
 Prevention, and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to 
conduct a study on the safety and efficacy of tasers and firearms, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2019

   Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in consultation with 
     the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
    Explosives, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
 Prevention, and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to 
conduct a study on the safety and efficacy of tasers and firearms, 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 ``TASER Access, Safety, and 
Effectiveness Review and Study Act'' or the ``TASERS Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON TASER AND FIREARM SAFETY.

    (a) Study.--The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in consultation 
with the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
shall conduct a national study of firearms and tasers to determine--
            (1) the number of successful self-defense attempts with 
        each type of weapon;
            (2) the number of accidental discharges or misfires with 
        each type of weapon;
            (3) the types of injuries sustained, and their severity 
        with each type of weapon; and
            (4) the long-term health implications of being shot by a 
        firearm or electrocuted by a taser.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall submit to the 
Congress a written report containing the--
            (1) results of the study; and
            (2) any conclusions and recommendations of the Commission.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given to 
        the term in section 921(a)(3)(A) of title 18, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Taser.--The term ``taser'' means a hand-held device 
        designed to expel by means of an explosive two electrical 
        contacts (barbs) connected by two wires attached to a high-
        voltage source.
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