118 HR 10434 IH: Consumer Product Sanity Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-12-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 10434IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 16, 2024Mr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to increase reliance by the Consumer Product Safety Commission on voluntary consumer product safety standards, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Consumer Product Sanity Act.

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Increasing reliance by Commission on voluntary consumer product safety standards

Section 7(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(3)In any case in which the Commission determines that compliance with a voluntary consumer product safety standard would eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury addressed, but determines substantial compliance with such voluntary standard is not likely, the Commission may promulgate a consumer product safety standard addressing such risk of injury only if—(A)such consumer product safety standard is identical to such voluntary standard; or(B)in the case of a consumer product safety standard that allows for compliance in more than one manner, at least one such manner of compliance is identical to such voluntary standard..