Firearm Safety Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1460
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-05-04
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Firearms and explosives

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1460 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 2023 Mr. Booker (for himself, Ms. Warren , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Reed , and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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.