[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3065 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3065
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product
Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for
firearm locks and firearm safes, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 17, 2019
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Coons, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Harris, Mr. Udall, Ms. Duckworth,
Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Carper, Ms. Warren, and Mr.
Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product
Safety Commission to establish consumer product safety standards for
firearm locks and firearm safes, and for other purposes.
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 ``Safe Gun Storage Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FIREARM LOCKS AND FIREARM
SAFES.
(a) In General.--The Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 43. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FIREARM LOCKS AND
FIREARM SAFES.
``(a) Establishment of Standards.--
``(1) Rulemaking required.--
``(A) Rulemaking proceeding.--Notwithstanding
section 3(a)(5)(E), the Commission shall initiate a
rulemaking proceeding under section 553 of title 5,
United States Code, within 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this section to establish--
``(i) a consumer product safety standard
for firearm locks; and
``(ii) a consumer product safety standard
for firearm safes.
``(B) Final rule.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, including chapter 5 of title 5,
United States Code, the Commission shall promulgate
final consumer product safety standards under this
paragraph within 12 months after the date on which the
Commission initiates the rulemaking proceeding under
subparagraph (A).
``(C) Effective date.--Each final consumer product
safety standard promulgated under this paragraph shall
take effect 6 months after the date on which such
standard is promulgated.
``(2) Requirements for firearm lock standard.--The standard
for firearm locks promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require
firearm locks that--
``(A) are sufficiently difficult for an
unauthorized user to de-activate or remove; and
``(B) prevent the discharge of the firearm unless
the firearm lock has been de-activated or removed.
``(3) Requirements for firearm safe standard.--The standard
for firearm safes promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require
firearm safes that reliably secure firearms from unauthorized
users, and include reliable security features, quality, and
construction to reliably prevent unauthorized users from
gaining access to a firearm by damaging or physically
manipulating the safe.
``(b) Certain Provisions Not To Apply.--
``(1) Provisions of this act.--Sections 7 and 9 of this Act
do not apply to the rulemaking proceeding under paragraph (1)
of subsection (a).
``(2) Chapter 5 of title 5.--Except for section 553,
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, does not apply to
this section.
``(3) Chapter 6 of title 5.--Chapter 6 of title 5, United
States Code, does not apply to this section.
``(4) National environmental policy act.--The National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) does
not apply to this section.
``(c) No Effect on State Law.--Notwithstanding section 26 of this
Act, this section does not annul, alter, impair, affect, or exempt any
person subject to a consumer product safety standard promulgated under
subsection (a)(1) from complying with any provision of the law of any
State or any political subdivision thereof, except to the extent that
such provision is inconsistent with any such standard, and then only to
the extent of the inconsistency. A provision of the law of a State or a
political subdivision thereof is not inconsistent with a consumer
product safety standard promulgated under subsection (a)(1) if such
provision affords greater protection to individuals with respect to
firearms than is afforded by such standard.
``(d) Enforcement.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), the consumer
product safety standards promulgated by the Commission under subsection
(a)(1) shall be enforced under this Act as if such standards were
consumer product safety standards described in section 7(a).
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Firearm.--The term `firearm' has the meaning given
the term in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
``(2) Firearm lock.--The term `firearm lock' means any
disabling or locking device that is not built into the firearm
at the time of manufacture and that is designed to prevent the
firearm from being discharged unless the device has been
deactivated or removed.
``(3) Firearm safe.--The term `firearm safe' means a
container that is advertised to be used to store a firearm and
that is designed to be unlocked only by means of a key, a
combination, or other similar means.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1 of the Consumer Product Safety
Act is amended by adding at the end of the table of contents the
following:
``Sec. 43. Consumer product safety standards for firearm locks and
firearm safes.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Consumer Product
Safety Commission $2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of section 43
of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as added by section 1, such sums to
remain available until expended.
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