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Title: Firearm Safety Act of 2021
Subject: Commerce
Description: 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.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/880/all-info
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11 sponsors: Robin Kelly (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Gwen Moore (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); John Yarmuth (D); Andre Carson (D); Andy Levin (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Melanie Stansbury (D); Shontel Brown (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Feb 8 2021 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. |
House | Feb 5 2021 | Introduced in House |
House | Feb 5 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Mar 1 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Consumer Protection and Commerce
There have not been any votes on this bill