[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5306 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5306
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or the packaging
of the firearm carries a label that provides the number of the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 11, 2025
Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Craig, Mrs.
Watson Coleman, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or the packaging
of the firearm carries a label that provides the number of the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 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 ``Gun Suicide Prevention Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT.
(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding the exclusion of firearms from
the definition of consumer product in section 3(a)(5)(E) of the
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E)), it shall be
unlawful for a manufacturer or retailer to sell or offer for sale any
firearm that does not meet the requirements of subsection (b).
(b) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Label.--A firearm meets
the requirements of this subsection if a clear and conspicuous label is
attached to the firearm or appears on any packaging of the firearm and
on any descriptive material included with the firearm that--
(1) is written in both English and Spanish;
(2) in English, reads ``IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS
CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE
PREVENTION LIFELINE AT'' followed by 988 and the toll-free
phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
maintained by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and
Substance Use under section 520E-3 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-36c), or any successor to such toll-free
number; and
(3) contains a yellow triangle containing an exclamation
mark that appears immediately before the words ``IF YOU'' on
the label.
(c) Enforcement.--
(1) Violation.--A violation of the prohibition described in
subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a)
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)).
(2) Penalties.--Any person who violates subsection (a)
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 20 and
21 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2069; 2070).
(d) Retailer Defined.--In this section, the term ``retailer''
includes a dealer (as such term is defined in section 921(a) of title
18, United States Code).
(e) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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