Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB225
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearm Safety Act of 2015
Subject: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Consumer Product Safety Commission: Firearms and explosives: Product safety and quality: Commerce
Description: Firearm Safety Act of 2015 Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the Internal Revenue Code for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms, including shells and cartridges, thereby permitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for such articles.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/225/all-info
Sponsors
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65 sponsors: Robin Kelly (D); John Conyers (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Donna Edwards (D); Michael Honda (D); Mike Quigley (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Charles Rangel (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Sam Farr (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Janice Hahn (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Barbara Lee (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Cedric Richmond (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Matthew Cartwright (D); Tony Cardenas (D); Andre Carson (D); Jose Serrano (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Chaka Fattah (D); Katherine Clark (D); William Keating (D); Robert Scott (D); Theodore Deutch (D); James McGovern (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Betty McCollum (D); Hakeem Jeffries (D); James Himes (D); Seth Moulton (D); Don Beyer (D); Nita Lowey (D); Gwen Moore (D); Adam Schiff (D); Joseph Kennedy (D); Alma Adams (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Juan Vargas (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Paul Tonko (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Tim Ryan (D); Julia Brownley (D); Luis Gutierrez (D); Doris Matsui (D); John Yarmuth (D); Mark Takano (D); Judy Chu (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Danny Davis (D); Steve Cohen (D); Ruben Gallego (D); Donald Norcross (D); Grace Meng (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 15% (65 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 9, 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. |
| House | Jan 8, 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 8, 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 15 2015 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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