[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3588 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3588

   To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide the Consumer 
 Product Safety Commission with greater authority to require recalls, 
       mandatory routine product testing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide the Consumer 
 Product Safety Commission with greater authority to require recalls, 
       mandatory routine product testing, 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 ``Family Product Safety Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSION AUTHORITY RELATING TO RECALLS.

    (a) Commission Recall Authority.--Section 12(a) of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2061(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Notwithstanding any of the disclosure requirements in section 
6, the Commission may order the recall of any consumer product that the 
Commission determines to be an imminently hazardous consumer product, 
and may disclose information relating to the recall and the product to 
the public.''.
    (b) Reduced Period of Notice to Manufacturers and Private Labelers 
With Respect to Disclosure of Information.--Section 6(b)(1) of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2055(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``not less than 30 day'' 
and inserting ``not fewer than 10 days''.
    (c) Establishment of Minimum Fine for Failure To Comply With 
Order.--Section 20(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2069(a)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, and in the case 
        of a person who violates subsection (a)(5) of such section by 
        selling at retail any product that is the subject of a recall 
        order, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty of not 
        less than $500 and not more than $10,000 for each such 
        violation'' after ``for each such violation''; and
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``of section 
        19(a)(3)'' and inserting ``of paragraph (3) or (5) of section 
        19(a)''.

SEC. 3. TESTING REQUIREMENT.

    Section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``or upon a reasonable 
        testing program'' and insert ``, as required under subsection 
        (b)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``The Commission may by 
        rule prescribe reasonable testing programs for'' and inserting 
        ``The Commission shall by rule prescribe reasonable testing 
        requirements for the routine testing of''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
              COMMISSION.

    Section 32(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2081) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, not to exceed''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2), and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(2) for fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years, an 
        amount that is not less than the amount appropriated for the 
        preceding fiscal year, increased by a percentage equal to the 
        percentage increase for the preceding fiscal year in the total 
        number of goods imported to the United States.''.
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