Defective Firearms Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced
Summary
Brings pistols, revolvers, and other firearms under the Consumer Product Safety Act. This bill would repeal the statutory exclusion that keeps those firearms out of the Act and would subject them to the Act's consumer product regulatory regime.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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New CPSC rules for handguns
This bill would remove the legal exclusion that kept pistols, revolvers, and other firearms out of the Consumer Product Safety Act. If enacted, those firearms would be treated as consumer products by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. That would let the CPSC set safety rules, require testing and reporting, and order recalls or other enforcement. Manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers would face new compliance, testing, and reporting costs that could raise prices for buyers. The bill would also repeal a separate CPSC rulemaking grant in the 1976 Improvements Act, removing that specific authority.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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