[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3032 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3032

 To restore the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
  over amusement park rides which are at a fixed site, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1999

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Hoeffel, 
  Mr. Wexler, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
   DeLauro, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Waxman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restore the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
  over amusement park rides which are at a fixed site, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Amusement Park Ride Safety 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OVER FIXED SITE AMUSEMENT RIDES.

    Section 3(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``, and which is 
        not permanently fixed to a site''; and
            (2) by striking the third sentence.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission $500,000 for each fiscal year to enable the 
Commission to carry out the Consumer Product Safety Act as amended by 
section 2.
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