[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 730 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 730

     To provide that children's sleepwear shall be manufactured in 
            accordance with stricter flammability standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2001

  Mr. Andrews (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Weldon of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McGovern, and Mrs. 
Maloney of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide that children's sleepwear shall be manufactured in 
            accordance with stricter flammability standards.

    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 ``Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Without regard to any other law, not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission shall amend its Flammable Fabrics Act standards to 
revoke the amendments to the standards for the flammability of 
children's sleepwear sizes 0 through 6X (contained in regulations 
published at 16 C.F.R. part 1615) and 7 through 14 (contained in 
regulations published at 16 C.F.R. part 1616) issued by the Commission 
on September 9, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 47,634).
    (b) Effective Date.--Sleepwear manufactured or imported before the 
effective date (as established by the Commission) of the Commission's 
revocation required by subsection (a) shall not be considered in 
violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act if it complied with the 
Commission rules in effect at the time it was manufactured or imported.
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