[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2621 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 290
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2621
[Report No. 107-485]
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
May 23, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Schaffer,
Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Pence, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Bartlett of
Maryland, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Weldon of
Florida, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Herger, Mr.
Shadegg, Mr. Akin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Wu, Mr. Davis of
Illinois, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Towns, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr.
Hastings of Florida
May 23, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Product Protection
Act of 2001''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF WRITING WITH A CONSUMER
PRODUCT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
(g) and (h) respectively;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the
following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1))--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking
``and'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the
period and inserting ``; and''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) by adding after paragraph (4) the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(5) the term `writing' means any form of
representation or communication (including handbills, notices,
or advertising) that contains letters, words, graphic, or
pictorial representations.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Product Protection Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF WRITING WITH A CONSUMER PRODUCT.
(a) In General.--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 one year, 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.''; 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 Amendment.--Section 2332b(g)(3) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``1365(g)(3)'' and inserting
``1365''.
Union Calendar No. 290
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2621
[Report No. 107-485]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product
protection.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 23, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed