Firearm Safety Act of 2015
Latest action · Jan 9, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 64
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Jan 16, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 16, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jan 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jan 16, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 16, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jan 30, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 28, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 7, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Mar 7, 2016 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 14, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2015 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jan 9, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
- Jan 8, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H272 | Robin L. Kelly D-IL | Jan 11, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H20 | Robin L. Kelly D-IL | Jan 6, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 3, January 8, 2015, page H156.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5162 | Firearm Safety Act of 2018 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 9, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Firearm Safety Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
