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To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to confirm the Consumer Product Safety Commission's jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Feb 7, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 7, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to initiate a rulemaking establishing a consumer product safety standard for handgun locks.
What's happening now March 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 16, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 16, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 25, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 3, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 22, 2001
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 499: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to confirm the Consumer Product Safety Commission's jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns, and for other purposes.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-499/
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"H.R. 499: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to confirm the Consumer Product Safety Commission's jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns, and for other purposes.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-499/.
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H.R. 499, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-499/.
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[H.R. 499: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to confirm the Consumer Product Safety Commission's jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-499/)
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