[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3459 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3459

  To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a 
 Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product which is 
not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 1999

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a 
 Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product which is 
not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, 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. DAMAGE RECOVERIES.

    (a) Treble Damages.--Any person who brings a product liability 
action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from the use 
of a product which is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory 
standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall recover 
treble damages.
    (b) Notice.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall reissue each voluntary and 
mandatory standard the Commission has for a product with a notice 
notifying manufacturers of such products of the treble damage provision 
of subsection (a).
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