H.R. 7499: Firearm Safety Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2026-02-11 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Official title

Firearm Safety Act of 2025

Plain summary

Firearm Safety Act of 2025 This bill allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. Under current law, firearms, shells, cartridges, and components thereof are excluded from the CPSC's rulemaking authority.

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Firearm Safety Act of 2025

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] · 33 cosponsors

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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Ted Lieu (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] reported raising $456,272 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Words on this page, explained (2)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr7499.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr7499 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills