PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 1280 (106th)

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

24 March 1999

Last action

7 April 1999 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

Sponsors

Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], Sheila Jackson Lee

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

7 April 2025

Summary

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule in accordance with specified provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act to declare as a banned hazardous product any toy that resembles a real handgun.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 24 March 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 24 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 24 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 7 April 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.