[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4154 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4154

   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety 
                standards for lead-containing dishware.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2005

   Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety 
                standards for lead-containing dishware.

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

SECTION 1. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR LEAD-CONTAINING DISHWARE.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall issue consumer 
product safety standards, pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056), for glassware, dishware, and any other 
cooking utensil, drinking utensil, or eating utensil containing lead. 
Such standard shall determine the amount of lead in such products that 
shall be considered hazardous and may require labeling of such products 
or declare products containing an unacceptable amount of lead, as 
determined by the Commission, to be banned hazardous products under 
section 8 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).
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