[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 668 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 668

 To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to classify certain 
 children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2005

    Mr. Waxman (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
Millender-McDonald, and Mr. Rush) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to classify certain 
 children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.

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

SECTION 1. BAN ON CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS CONTAINING LEAD.

    (a) Banned Hazardous Substances.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(referred to in this Act as the ``Commission'') shall prescribe 
regulations classifying any children's product containing lead to be a 
banned hazardous substance within the meaning of section 2(q)(1) of the 
Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261(q)(1)).
    (b) Definition of Children's Product Containing Lead.--As used in 
subsection (a), the term ``children's product containing lead'' means 
any consumer product marketed for use by children under age 6, or whose 
substantial use by children under age 6 is foreseeable, and containing 
more than trace amounts of lead, as determined by the Commission and 
prescribed in the regulations required by subsection (a).
    (c) Certain Electronic Devices.--If, in prescribing the regulations 
required by subsection (a), the Commission determines that it is not 
feasible for certain electronic devices to comply with such regulations 
at the time the regulations shall take effect, the Commission shall, by 
regulation--
            (1) issue standards to reduce the exposure of and 
        accessibility to lead in such electronic devices; and
            (2) establish a schedule by which such electronic devices 
        shall be in full compliance with the regulations prescribed 
        under subsection (a).
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