[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1261

 To reauthorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2003

 Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Product Safety Commission 
Reauthorization Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 32(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2081(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 
the following:
            ``(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(2) $66,800,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(3) $70,100,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            ``(4) $73,600,000 for fiscal year 2007.''.

SEC. 3. FTE STAFFING LEVELS.

    Section 4(g) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2053(g)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) The Commission is authorized to hire and maintain a 
        full time equivalent staff of 471 persons in each of fiscal 
        years 2004 through 2007.''.

SEC. 4. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OFFICERS.

    So much of section 4(g) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2053(g) as precedes paragraph (2) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Executive Director; Officers and Employees.--(1)(A) The 
Chairman, subject to the approval of the Commission, shall appoint as 
officers of the Commission an Executive Director, a General Counsel, an 
Associate Executive Director for Engineering Sciences, an Associate 
Executive Director for Laboratory Sciences, an Associate Executive 
Director for Epidemiology, an Associate Executive Director for Health 
Sciences, an Assistant Executive Director for Compliance, an Associate 
Executive Director for Economic Analysis, an Associate Executive 
Director for Administration, an Associate Executive Director for Field 
Operations, an Assistant Executive Director for Office of Hazard 
Identification and Reduction, an Assistant Executive Director for 
Information Services, and a Director for Office of Information and 
Public Affairs. Any other individual appointed to a position designated 
as an Assistant or Associate Executive Director shall be appointed by 
the Chairman, subject to the approval of the Commission. The Chairman 
may only appoint an attorney to the position of Assistant Executive 
Director for Compliance, but this restriction does not apply to the 
position of Acting Assistant Executive Director for Compliance.''.
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