[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2567 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2567

 To require that all handguns manufactured, sold in, or imported into, 
  the United States incorporate technology that precludes the average 
  five year old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to 
                                 fire.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2013

   Ms. Speier (for herself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
  Clarke, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Shea-
Porter, Mr. Holt, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Moran, Ms. Frankel 
   of Florida, Mr. Clay, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
   McGovern, and Mr. Farr) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
    the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that all handguns manufactured, sold in, or imported into, 
  the United States incorporate technology that precludes the average 
  five year old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to 
                                 fire.

    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 ``Child Handgun Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR CHILD-RESISTANT HANDGUNS.

    (a) Establishment of Standard.--Notwithstanding section 3(a)(5)(E) 
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E)), the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, in consultation with the Attorney 
General and the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall 
promulgate a consumer product safety standard under section 7(a) of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 2056(a)) for handguns.
    (b) Standard Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The standard established under subsection 
        (a) shall require that--
                    (A) effective 1 year after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, any handgun manufactured in the 
                United States must be child-resistant and include a 
                mechanism such as one described in paragraph (2) that 
                effectively precludes an average five year old child 
                from operating the handgun when it is ready to fire; 
                and
                    (B) effective 2 years after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, any handgun sold, offered for 
                sale, traded, transferred, shipped, leased, or 
                distributed in the United States must be--
                            (i) child-resistant, if manufactured on or 
                        after the effective date in subparagraph (A); 
                        or
                            (ii) a retrofitted child-resistant handgun, 
                        if manufactured before the effective date in 
                        paragraph (1).
            (2) Mechanisms described.--The mechanisms described in 
        paragraph (1)(A) include--
                    (A) raising trigger resistance to at least a ten-
                pound pull;
                    (B) altering the firing mechanism so that an 
                average five year old child's hands are too small to 
                operate the handgun; or
                    (C) requiring a series of multiple motions in order 
                to fire the handgun.
    (c) Exemptions.--
            (1) Antique firearms.--The standard established under this 
        section shall not require retrofitting of antique firearms.
            (2) Military firearms.--The standard established under this 
        section shall not apply to a firearm that is owned by the 
        Department of Defense.
    (d) Cost of Retrofitting.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        cost of retrofitting a handgun as required under subsection (b) 
        shall be borne by the manufacturer of the handgun if the 
        manufacturer is operational at the time the retrofit is 
        required.
            (2) Reimbursement.--Section 524(c) of title 28, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
                following:
            ``(J) payments to reimburse manufacturers of handguns for 
        the costs of retrofitting handguns as required by section 
        201(b)(2)(B) of the Child Handgun Safety Act.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Handgun and antique firearm.--The terms ``handgun'' and 
        ``antique firearm'' have the meanings given such terms in 
        section 921 of title 18, United States Code.
            (2) Child-resistant handgun.--The term ``child-resistant 
        handgun'' means a handgun that--
                    (A) prevents a child from being able to fire the 
                handgun; and
                    (B) was manufactured in such a manner that the 
                firing restriction described in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) is incorporated into the design of the 
                        handgun; and
                            (ii) cannot be readily removed or 
                        deactivated.
            (3) Retrofitted personalized handgun.--The term 
        ``retrofitted child-resistant handgun'' means a handgun fitted 
        with a device that--
                    (A) precludes an average five year old child from 
                operating the handgun when it is ready to fire; and
                    (B) attaches to the handgun in a manner such that 
                the device cannot be readily removed or deactivated.
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