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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB5093

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Children's Firearm Marketing Safety Act

Subject: Child safety and welfare: Civil actions and liability: Firearms and explosives: Marketing and advertising: Product safety and quality: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Children's Firearm Marketing Safety Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit the marketing of firearms to children, including prohibitions against: the use of cartoon characters to promote firearms and firearm products, firearm brand name merchandise marketed for children, the use of firearm marketing campaigns with the specific intent to appeal to children, the manufacturing of a gun with colors or designs that are specifically designed to appeal to children, and the manufacturing of a gun intended for use by children that does not clearly and conspicuously note, by specified warnings on the firearm, the risk posed by the firearm by labeling somewhere visible on the firearm. Treats violations of such rules as violations of Federal Trade Commission Act regulations regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Provides for enforcement of this Act by the FTC and through civil actions by state attorneys general.

Session: 113th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Last Action Date: July 18, 2014

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN05093:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Robin Kelly;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jul 18, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
House Jul 14, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jul 17 2014 federal link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Energy And Commerce

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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