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House Bill 5162
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Firearm Safety Act of 2018
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H. R. 5162 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5162


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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 5, 2018

Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Meeks, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Keating, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Plaskett, and Ms. Brownley of California) 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Firearm Safety Act of 2018”.

SEC. 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.