[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 405 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 405

  To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a 
 Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product that is 
not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2003

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a 
 Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product that is 
not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DAMAGE RECOVERIES.

    (a) Treble Damages.--Any person who brings a product liability 
action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from the use 
of a product that is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory 
standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall recover 
treble damages.
    (b) Notice.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall reissue each voluntary and 
mandatory standard the Commission has for a product with a notice 
notifying manufacturers of such products of the treble damage provision 
of subsection (a).
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