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HR 5162 115th Congress House

Firearm Safety Act of 2018

Official title: 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: June 19, 2018 Introduced by: Kelly, Robin L. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative law and regulatory proceduresConsumer Product Safety CommissionFirearms and explosivesProduct safety and quality
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Mar 5, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 5, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 9, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Firearm Safety Act of 2018

This bill amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5560 Related bill Defective Firearms Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 20
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 2, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 14, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 16, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 5, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 5, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Mar 5, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 5, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5162: Firearm Safety Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5162/
MLA
"H.R. 5162: Firearm Safety Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5162/.
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H.R. 5162, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5162/.
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