[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2621 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2621

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product 
                              protection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2001

 Ms. Hart (for herself and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product 
                              protection.

    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 ``Consumer Product Protection Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF WRITING WITH A CONSUMER PRODUCT.

    (a) Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as (g) and (h) 
        respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f)(1) Whoever knowingly stamps, prints, places, or inserts any 
writing in or on any consumer product that affects interstate or 
foreign commerce, or the box, package, or other container of any such 
product, prior to its sale to any consumer, shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
    ``(2) This subsection shall not apply in any case in which the 
manufacturer, retailer, or distributor of the product in the due course 
of business consents to the stamping, printing, placing, or inserting 
of a writing for promotional or sales purposes.''; and
            (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking ``and'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) the term `writing' means any form of representation 
        or communication (including handbills, notices, or advertising) 
        that contains letters, words, graphic, or pictorial 
        representations.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Sections 2261A and 2332b(g)(3) of title 
18, United States Code, are each amended by striking ``1365(g)(3)'' and 
inserting ``1365''.
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