Defective Firearms Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-5560
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2018-04-18
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Firearms and explosives

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Defective Firearms Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5560 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2018 Mrs. Dingell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the consumer product safety laws to repeal of exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer product under such laws.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defective Firearms Protection Act . 2. Repeal of exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms (a) 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). (b) Rulemaking authority Section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvements Act of 1976 ( 15 U.S.C. 2079 ) is amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).