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H.R. 225: Firearm Safety Act of 2015

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H.R. 225: Firearm Safety Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-08 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Firearm Safety Act of 2015

Plain 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.

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Official text

Firearm Safety Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] · 64 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), James A. Himes (D-CT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and 4 more.

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.

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Sales tax
A tax added to the price of goods and some services when they are bought.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr225 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114