[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2500 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2500

 To restore the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
  over amusement park rides which are at a fixed site, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2005

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restore the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
  over amusement park rides which are at a fixed site, 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 ``National Amusement Park Ride Safety 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OVER FIXED SITE AMUSEMENT RIDES.

    Section 3(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2052(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``, and which is not permanently 
fixed to a site. Such term does not include such a device which is 
permanently fixed to a site.'' and inserting a period.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission $500,000 for each fiscal year to enable the 
Commission to carry out the Consumer Product Safety Act as amended by 
this Act.
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