[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1460 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1460

  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.


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                   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

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                                 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 2023''.

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.
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