Firearm Safety Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-880
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-05
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Firearms and explosives

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Firearm Safety Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 880 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2021 Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Ms. Norton , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , and Ms. Plaskett ) 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 2021 . 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.