3.0.0 2811 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z Senate S S 2014-09-15 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-09-15T23:14:30Z 2014-09-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2014-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2014-09-18 False Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Child health Child safety and welfare Consumer Product Safety Commission Fires Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Product safety and quality Commerce 00 2014-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-22T20:10:10Z Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, or retailers from selling, manufacturing for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States any children's product or upholstered furniture that contains a flame retardant exceeding a specified amount of the total chemical content by weight for any part of the product or furniture. Specifies flame retardants that are subject to such prohibitions.

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to appoint a chronic hazard advisory panel to study the effects on human health of all chemical flame retardants as used in such products or upholstered furniture.

Directs the CPSC, after receiving a report from the advisory panel evaluating the full range of such retardants, to promulgate a final rule specifying retardants that are not already listed in this Act that may cause substantial personal injury or illness. Makes such CPSC-specified retardants subject to the prohibitions of this Act.

]]> Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 Display Title Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the distribution in commerce of children's products and upholstered furniture containing certain flame retardants, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2811is/xml/BILLS-113s2811is.xml 2014-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.