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Bills/119th Congress · Senate

S. 4454

Introduced

Firearm Safety Act of 2026

Sponsor
DCory A. Booker· New Jersey
Introduced
April 30, 2026
Policy area
Commerce
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.April 30, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4454 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4454

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.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 30, 2026

Mr. Booker (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Reed, 
Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

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.

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 ``Firearm Safety Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF EXCLUSION OF FIREARMS FROM THE 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) and redesignating 
subparagraphs (F) through (I) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), 
respectively.
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