Firearm Safety Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3096
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-05
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Firearms and explosives

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Firearm Safety Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3096 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2023 Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Brown , Mr. Carson , Mr. Casten , Ms. Crockett , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Evans , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Norton , Mr. Payne , and Mr. Raskin ) 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 2023 . 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.