Gun Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 118-hr-5467
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-09-14
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Firearms and explosives

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-14
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 label with the toll-free telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5467 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2023 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Moulton , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Grijalva , and Ms. Tlaib ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or packaging carries a 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 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 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 words IF YOU 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) Retailer defined In this section, 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.