Gun Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-4271
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-09-10
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Emergency communications systems

Firearms and explosives

Health promotion and preventive care

Mental health

Product safety and quality

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Gun Suicide Prevention Act</b><br> <br> This bill prohibits manufacturers and retailers from selling firearms unless the firearm includes a warning label with the toll-free telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4271 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2019 Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless it carries a warning label that provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gun Suicide Prevention Act . 2. Labeling requirement (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding the exclusion of firearms from the definition of consumer product in section 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E) ), it shall be unlawful for a manufacturer or retailer to sell or offer for sale any firearm that does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). (b) National Suicide Prevention Hotline label A firearm meets the requirements of this subsection if a clear and conspicuous warning label is attached to the firearm or appears on any packaging of the firearm and on any descriptive material included with the firearm that— (1) is written in both English and Spanish; (2) in English, reads WARNING: IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AT followed by the toll-free phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, maintained by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use under section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c ), or any successor to such toll-free number; and (3) contains a yellow triangle containing an exclamation mark that appears immediately before the word WARNING on the label. (c) Enforcement A violation of the prohibition in subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2068 ). Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 20 and 21 of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2069 ; 2070). (d) Definition As used in this Act, the term retailer includes a dealer, as such term is definition in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code. (e) Effective date This Act shall take effect on the date that is two years after the date of enactment of this Act.