SOFFA Act

3.0.0 1341 2023-01-11T13:43:53Z 2023-01-11T13:43:53Z Senate S 2019-05-07 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2020-12-16T00:01:03Z Markup by 2019-07-24T14:00:00Z Referred to 2019-05-07T16:29:07Z SOFFA Act 116 2647 HR 2019-12-17 Received in the Senate. Identical bill CRS 2020-12-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630. Calendars 2020-12-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. Without written report. Committee 2020-12-15 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2019-07-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2019-05-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-05-07 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-07-30 False 2019-10-09T16:15:00Z S. 1341, Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55716 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 24, 2019 Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures California Consumer Product Safety Commission Federal preemption Fires Product safety and quality State and local government operations Commerce

00 2019-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-28T18:04:59Z Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or the SOFFA Act

This bill adopts the California flammability standard as the federal standard for upholstered furniture. To meet the standard, the upholstered furniture must past a specific test of the materials' ability to resist smoldering when a heat source is applied.

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25 2020-12-15 Reported to Senate 2020-12-28T18:03:24Z Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or the SOFFA Act

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SOFFA Act Display Title SOFFA Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SOFFA Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate SOFFA Act S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act S Senate Reported to Senate RS Official Title as Introduced A bill to adopt a certain California flammability standard as a Federal flammability standard to protect against the risk of upholstered furniture flammability, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1341rs/xml/BILLS-116s1341rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1341is/xml/BILLS-116s1341is.xml 2020-12-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630. 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.