[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3989 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3989

 To amend the consumer product safety laws to repeal the exclusion of 
pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer 
                        product under such laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2021

 Mrs. Dingell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the consumer product safety laws to repeal the exclusion of 
pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of consumer 
                        product under such laws.

    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 ``Defective Firearms Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXCLUSION OF PISTOLS, REVOLVERS, AND OTHER FIREARMS.

    (a) Definition of Consumer Product.--Section 3(a)(5) of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)) is amended by 
striking subparagraph (E).
    (b) Rulemaking Authority.--Section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 2079) is amended by 
striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
(e).
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