Defective Firearms Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-4243
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-21
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Firearms and explosives

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Defective Firearms Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill permits the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4243 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2023 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 the 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. 2080 note) is amended by striking subsection (e).