[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 604 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 604

  To amend the Hazardous Substances Act to require safety labels for 
              certain Internet-advertised toys and games.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2001

Mrs. Thurman (for herself, Mr. Stupak, and Mr. English) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Hazardous Substances Act to require safety labels for 
              certain Internet-advertised toys and games.

    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 ``Internet Toy Safety Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFETY WARNINGS FOR INTERNET-ADVERTISED TOYS.

    (a) In General.--Section 24 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1278) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Warnings for Internet-Sold Items.--A business selling, or 
offering for sale, over the Internet a new toy or game requiring a 
cautionary statement under this section shall include, along with any 
description or depiction of the toy or game being sold or offered for 
sale, the cautionary statement that is required under this section to 
accompany the product itself. The cautionary statement required by this 
subsection shall be viewable by a consumer without the need to access 
any Internet page or link other than the page on which the description 
or depiction of the toy or game appears. In this subsection, the term 
`Internet' has the meaning given such term in section 1302(6) of the 
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501(6))''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall 
promulgate regulations, under section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code, for the implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a). 
Subsections (f) through (i) of section 3 of the Federal Hazardous 
Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1262) shall not apply with respect to the 
issuance of regulations under this subsection.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply only to products sold or offered for sale on or after the date on 
which the regulations under subsection (c) take effect.
    (d) Technical Correction.--Section 24(e) of the Federal Hazardous 
Substances Act (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this Act) (15 
U.S.C. 1262(e)) is amended by striking ``this subsection'' and 
inserting ``this section''.
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