H.R. 5162 — Introduced in House

I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5162 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2018Ms. 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Firearm Safety Act of 2018. 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.