Firearm Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-225
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-08
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Firearms and explosives

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Firearm Safety Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the Internal Revenue Code for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms, including shells and cartridges, thereby permitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for such articles. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 225 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2015 Ms. Kelly of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Firearm Safety Act of 2015 . 2. Removal of exclusion of firearms from the definition of consumer product Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (I) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), respectively.