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[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