3.0.0 3143 2022-10-28T01:46:13Z 2022-10-28T01:46:13Z Senate S 2019-12-19 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-19T22:45:08Z Magnet Injury Prevention Act 116 6105 HR 2020-03-05 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2019-12-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Commerce Child safety and welfare Consumer affairs Metals Product safety and quality Commerce 00 2019-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T19:54:17Z Magnet Injury Prevention Act

This bill prohibits as hazardous products specified consumer magnets made from alloys of rare-earth elements (i.e., the group of metallic elements that includes lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium). The prohibition includes magnets that (1) are commonly marketed for entertainment (e.g., puzzle working or sculpture building), (2) are not classified as a toy or children’s jewelry, (3) pose a choking risk to young children, and (4) have a magnetic field magnitude above a certain threshold.

]]> Magnet Injury Prevention Act Display Title Magnet Injury Prevention Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Magnet Injury Prevention Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ban certain rare earth magnets, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3143is/xml/BILLS-116s3143is.xml 2019-12-19 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.