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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4271
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless it carries a warning label that
provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless it carries a warning
label that provides the number of the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gun Suicide Preven-
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tion Act’’.
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SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT.
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(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding the exclusion of
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firearms from the definition of consumer product in sec-
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tion 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
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U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E)), it shall be unlawful for a manufac-
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turer or retailer to sell or offer for sale any firearm that
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does not meet the requirements of subsection (b).
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(b) NATIONAL
SUICIDE
PREVENTION
HOTLINE
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LABEL.—A firearm meets the requirements of this sub-
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section if a clear and conspicuous warning label is at-
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tached to the firearm or appears on any packaging of the
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firearm and on any descriptive material included with the
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firearm that—
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(1) is written in both English and Spanish;
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(2) in English, reads ‘‘WARNING: IF YOU
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OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONTEM-
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PLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE CALL THE NA-
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TIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE
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AT’’ followed by the toll-free phone number of the
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, maintained by
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the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Sub-
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stance Use under section 520E–3 of the Public
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Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c), or any
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successor to such toll-free number; and
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(3) contains a yellow triangle containing an ex-
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clamation mark that appears immediately before the
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word ‘‘WARNING’’ on the label.
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(c) ENFORCEMENT.—A violation of the prohibition in
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subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of section
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19(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
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2068). Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be
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subject to the penalties set forth in section 20 and 21 of
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such Act (15 U.S.C. 2069; 2070).
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(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this Act, the term ‘‘re-
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tailer’’ includes a dealer, as such term is definition in sec-
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tion 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on
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the date that is two years after the date of enactment of
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this Act.
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