HR 4040 ENR: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References.
Sec. 3. Authority to issue implementing regulations.
Title I—Children’s Product Safety
Sec. 101. Children’s products containing lead; lead paint rule.
Sec. 102. Mandatory third party testing for certain children’s products.
Sec. 103. Tracking labels for children’s products.
Sec. 104. Standards and consumer registration of durable nursery products.
Sec. 105. Labeling requirement for advertising toys and games.
Sec. 106. Mandatory toy safety standards.
Sec. 107. Study of preventable injuries and deaths in minority children related to consumer products.
Sec. 108. Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specified phthalates.
Title II—Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform
Subtitle A—Administrative Improvements
Sec. 201. Reauthorization of the Commission.
Sec. 202. Full Commission requirement; interim quorum; personnel.
Sec. 203. Submission of copy of certain documents to Congress.
Sec. 204. Expedited rulemaking.
Sec. 205. Inspector general audits and reports.
Sec. 206. Industry-sponsored travel ban.
Sec. 207. Sharing of information with Federal, State, local, and foreign government agencies.
Sec. 208. Employee training exchanges.
Sec. 209. Annual reporting requirement.
Subtitle B—Enhanced Enforcement Authority
Sec. 211. Public disclosure of information.
Sec. 212. Establishment of a public consumer product safety database.
Sec. 213. Prohibition on stockpiling under other Commission-enforced statutes.
Sec. 214. Enhanced recall authority and corrective action plans.
Sec. 215. Inspection of firewalled conformity assessment bodies; identification of supply chain.
Sec. 216. Prohibited acts.
Sec. 217. Penalties.
Sec. 218. Enforcement by State attorneys general.
Sec. 219. Whistleblower protections.
Subtitle C—Specific Import-Export Provisions
Sec. 221. Export of recalled and non-conforming products.
Sec. 222. Import safety management and interagency cooperation.
Sec. 223. Substantial product hazard list and destruction of noncompliant imported products.
Sec. 224. Financial responsibility.
Sec. 225. Study and report on effectiveness of authorities relating to safety of imported consumer products.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions and Conforming Amendments
Sec. 231. Preemption.
Sec. 232. All-terrain vehicle standard.
Sec. 233. Cost-benefit analysis under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970.
Sec. 234. Study on use of formaldehyde in manufacturing of textile and apparel articles.
Sec. 235. Technical and conforming changes.
Sec. 236. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 237. Repeal.
Sec. 238. Pool and Spa Safety Act technical amendments.
Sec. 239. Effective dates and Severability.
2.
(a)As used in this Act—
(1)the term appropriate Congressional committees means the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(2)the term Commission means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
(b)Consumer Product Safety ActExcept as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed as an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.).
3.Authority to issue implementing regulationsThe Commission may issue regulations, as necessary, to implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Children’s Product Safety</header>
<section id="H44ED570879CD4F088E85ED15F2E7A809"><enum>101.</enum><header>Children’s products containing lead; lead paint rule</header>
<subsection id="H02A776157AA244549E089201B1CDC184"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General lead ban</header>
<paragraph id="HDD79314043134DE69D0362B6FD306014"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as a banned hazardous substance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as expressly provided in subsection (b) beginning on the dates provided in paragraph (2), any children's product (as defined in section 3(a)(16) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(16)</external-xref>)) that contains more lead than the limit established by paragraph (2) shall be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2136D2A8D8264AAFB119AB31362B3198"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lead limit</header>
<subparagraph id="H566F014076564078A973AA463E50FBF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>600 parts per million</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the lead limit referred to in paragraph (1) is 600 parts per million total lead content by weight for any part of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0117BA9F2D8246D98C6397E76D84122C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>300 parts per million</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided by subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the lead limit referred to in paragraph (1) is 300 parts per million total lead content by weight for any part of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H902717B50CCA4E53B9091B3551833B75"><enum>(C)</enum><header>100 parts per million</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E), beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, subparagraph (B) shall be applied by substituting <quote>100 parts per million</quote> for <quote>300 parts per million</quote> unless the Commission determines that a limit of 100 parts per million is not technologically feasible for a product or product category. The Commission may make such a determination only after notice and a hearing and after analyzing the public health protections associated with substantially reducing lead in children’s products.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7965C8C8A5C142A68D05EF27FC4F1EE3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Alternate reduction of limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission determines under subparagraph (C) that the 100 parts per million limit is not technologically feasible for a product or product category, the Commission shall, by regulation, establish an amount that is the lowest amount of lead, lower than 300 parts per million, the Commission determines to be technologically feasible to achieve for that product or product category. The amount of lead established by the Commission under the preceding sentence shall be substituted for the 300 parts per million limit under subparagraph (B) beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F922D31E23F4268BE02507C00002F21"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Periodic review and further reductions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, based on the best available scientific and technical information, periodically review and revise downward the limit set forth in this subsection, no less frequently than every 5 years after promulgation of the limit under subparagraph (C) or (D) to require the lowest amount of lead that the Commission determines is technologically feasible to achieve. The amount of lead established by the Commission under the preceding sentence shall be substituted for the lead limit in effect immediately before such revision.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3EBFA6373C0340FE00CCC427B902EA85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusion of certain materials or products and inaccessible component parts</header>
<paragraph id="HC6A71534E26348DF9015B70040DB7187"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certain products or materials</header><text>The Commission may, by regulation, exclude a specific product or material from the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Commission, after notice and a hearing, determines on the basis of the best-available, objective, peer-reviewed, scientific evidence that lead in such product or material will neither—</text>
<subparagraph id="H77B13A4992D942FBBCFC00FF76CE989"><enum>(A)</enum><text>result in the absorption of any lead into the human body, taking into account normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of such product by a child, including swallowing, mouthing, breaking, or other children's activities, and the aging of the product; nor</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA033D4001AB4472DAAD7B3A360FF3C1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have any other adverse impact on public health or safety.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF3E3EEFD36B43B0A79C90791664DEDA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for inaccessible component parts</header>
<subparagraph id="H92B15CA64CDE4A418B875C72F908C064"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limits established under subsection (a) shall not apply to any component part of a children’s product that is not accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of such product, as determined by the Commission. A component part is not accessible under this subparagraph if such component part is not physically exposed by reason of a sealed covering or casing and does not become physically exposed through reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of the product. Reasonably foreseeable use and abuse shall include to, swallowing, mouthing, breaking, or other children’s activities, and the aging of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22C6EA293CDE46C4A5CF5BA0C41F00C5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inaccessibility proceeding</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate a rule providing guidance with respect to what product components, or classes of components, will be considered to be inaccessible for purposes of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09C78521288D49C7A6CB9C622FCE49D0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application pending CPSC guidance</header><text>Until the Commission promulgates a rule pursuant to subparagraph (B), the determination of whether a product component is inaccessible to a child shall be made in accordance with the requirements laid out in subparagraph (A) for considering a component to be inaccessible to a child.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H359CB184E13C466FAFAE00A14509583F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certain barriers disqualified</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, paint, coatings, or electroplating may not be considered to be a barrier that would render lead in the substrate inaccessible to a child, or to prevent absorption of any lead into the human body, through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of the product.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11C4D05187A54A57AD1B7B4CC4965B89"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certain electronic devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission determines that it is not technologically feasible for certain electronic devices, including devices containing batteries, to comply with subsection (a), the Commission, by regulation, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F08620905574134AE2FCBC389BA7F88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issue requirements to eliminate or minimize the potential for exposure to and accessibility of lead in such electronic devices, which may include requirements that such electronic devices be equipped with a child-resistant cover or casing that prevents exposure to and accessibility of the parts of the product containing lead; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE415782FAF748D782E7AB170018F5C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish a schedule by which such electronic devices shall be in full compliance with the limits in subsection (a), unless the Commission determines that full compliance will not be technologically feasible for such devices within a schedule set by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74EBF759050742AB922B98BD5C15801D" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Periodic review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, based on the best available scientific and technical information, periodically review and revise the regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection no less frequently than every 5 years after the first promulgation of a regulation under this subsection to make them more stringent and to require the lowest amount of lead the Commission determines is technologically feasible to achieve.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8474C547C5E24FFBA5FD805528A0AF2" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application with ASTM F963</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that any regulation promulgated by the Commission under this section (or any section of the Consumer Product Safety Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, as such Acts are affected by this section) is inconsistent with the ASTM F963 standard, such promulgated regulation shall supersede the ASTM F963 standard to the extent of the inconsistency.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H68104B8232824C3BA31B5DC5FFEFDC89"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technological feasibility defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, a limit shall be deemed technologically feasible with regard to a product or product category if—</text>
<paragraph id="H633FD15F460E49798440B4C72D97E226"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a product that complies with the limit is commercially available in the product category;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A3BBCCE80C54B3DA802AEF3BA94DF93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technology to comply with the limit is commercially available to manufacturers or is otherwise available within the common meaning of the term;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B46448F7A764C4384CF03B6AB3685A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>industrial strategies or devices have been developed that are capable or will be capable of achieving such a limit by the effective date of the limit and that companies, acting in good faith, are generally capable of adopting; or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC724DE33E7E422F8836AD701356DD92"><enum>(4)</enum><text>alternative practices, best practices, or other operational changes would allow the manufacturer to comply with the limit.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4B79D2AB21B14B2185040077527C2633"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pending Rulemaking Proceedings To have No Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pendency of a rulemaking proceeding to consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H139330E029B4410584F2CDD858B8D80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a delay in the effective date of a limit or an alternate limit under this section related to technological feasibility, </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80F5140246C04B229C6C3877BECA7775"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an exception for certain products or materials or inaccessibility guidance under subsection (b) of this section, or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF900A89EE5A64AAE8EB9574ED8D3CFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other request for modification of or exemption from any regulation, rule, standard, or ban under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, </text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall not delay the effect of any provision or limit under this section nor shall it stay general enforcement of the requirements of this section.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDFBD2664D55F45FE8BFA2FB7F5AE1953"><enum>(f)</enum><header>More stringent lead paint ban</header>
<paragraph id="HA3D6D71D7C2949578E4DAF209ED81BE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall modify section 1303.1 of its regulations (16 C.F.R. 1301.1) by substituting <quote>0.009 percent</quote> for <quote>0.06 percent</quote> in subsection (a) of that section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44522E068EC843D6B7A48F3F1124D26D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Periodic review and reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, no less frequently than every 5 years after the date on which the Commission modifies the regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), review the limit for lead in paint set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/16/1303.1">section 1303.1</external-xref> of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (as revised by paragraph (1)), and shall by regulation revise downward the limit to require the lowest amount of lead that the Commission determines is technologically feasible to achieve. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H748413A2E0BF48799BEEABBCDF835C1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Methods for screening lead in small painted areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to provide for effective and efficient enforcement of the limit set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/16/1303.1">section 1303.1</external-xref> of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, the Commission may rely on x-ray fluorescence technology or other alternative methods for measuring lead in paint or other surface coatings on products subject to such section where the total weight of such paint or surface coating is no greater than 10 milligrams or where such paint or surface coating covers no more than 1 square centimeter of the surface area of such products. Such alternative methods for measurement shall not permit more than 2 micrograms of lead in a total weight of 10 milligrams or less of paint or other surface coating or in a surface area of 1 square centimeter or less.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEE71362EF424E00A7D3018476F0C8EF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative methods of measuring lead in paint generally</header>
<subparagraph id="HBFC9A88105004CBC91D3F8F397369780"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete a study to evaluate the effectiveness, precision, and reliability of x-ray fluorescence technology and other alternative methods for measuring lead in paint or other surface coatings when used on a children’s product or furniture article in order to determine compliance with part 1303 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, as modified pursuant to this subsection. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE96612E47C78486692E635C7CA3000A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission determines, based on the study in subparagraph (A), that x-ray fluorescence technology or other alternative methods for measuring lead in paint are as effective, precise, and reliable as the methodology used by the Commission for compliance determinations prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may promulgate regulations governing the use of such methods in determining the compliance of products with part 1303 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, as modified pursuant to this subsection. Any regulations promulgated by the Commission shall ensure that such alternative methods are no less effective, precise, and reliable than the methodology used by the Commission prior to the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55F0D00BADF74E5CABBD6E6D71717900"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Periodic review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, no less frequently than every 5 years after the Commission completes the study required by paragraph (4)(A), review and revise any methods for measurement utilized by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (3) or pursuant to any regulations promulgated under paragraph (4) to ensure that such methods are the most effective methods available to protect children's health. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing effort to study and encourage the further development of alternative methods for measuring lead in paint and other surface coating that can effectively, precisely, and reliably detect lead levels at or below the level set forth in part 1303 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, or any lower level established by regulation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H205BFB13BCE2471D8200537241F0A3D7" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>No effect on legal limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in paragraph (3), nor reliance by the Commission on any alternative method of measurement pursuant to such paragraph, nor any rule prescribed pursuant to paragraph (4), nor any method established pursuant to paragraph (5) shall be construed to alter the limit set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/16/1303">section 1303</external-xref> of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, as modified pursuant to this subsection, or provide any exemption from such limit.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE14A8813CCF4A2A968700001B34DFA9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the authority of the Commission or any other person to use alternative methods for detecting lead as a screening method to determine whether further testing or action is needed. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA42AA0FA69E44E72AB12B917E64900D9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Treatment as a regulation under the FHSA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any ban imposed by subsection (a) or rule promulgated under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, and <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/16/1303.1">section 1303.1</external-xref> of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (as modified pursuant to subsection (f)(1) or (2)), or any successor regulation, shall be considered a regulation of the Commission promulgated under or for the enforcement of section 2(q) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261(q)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5F65398E2A4F480D99AC6EAE811E2D71"><enum>102.</enum><header>Mandatory third party testing for certain children’s products</header>
<subsection id="H877AC6EF865046009DBCF04FAE4464C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory and third party testing</header>
<paragraph id="H9004DF8B3BBD451588001321D9E2900"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General conformity certification</header>
<subparagraph id="H2B0E430F12964ABDBF56B4D706B6957F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 14(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCAA550E204BD43EDA979FF0448E530B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General conformity certification</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), every manufacturer of a product which is subject to a consumer product safety rule under this Act or similar rule, ban, standard, or regulation under any other Act enforced by the Commission and which is imported for consumption or warehousing or distributed in commerce (and the private labeler of such product if such product bears a private label) shall issue a certificate which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC9F5DCCDD1FE465D869835005B08B0FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall certify, based on a test of each product or upon a reasonable testing program, that such product complies with all rules, bans, standards, or regulations applicable to the product under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5094E32EF1D2495BBEEEE17D880683F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall specify each such rule, ban, standard, or regulation applicable to the product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1F90FE2D475242C4A679A136825F48A4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H111C508110B34742AB29859E47B72584"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Third party testing requirement</header><text>Section 14(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(2)</external-xref>) is further amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4) and inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDE35335FB3A24D399BF0008331D900DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Third party testing requirement</header><text>Effective on the dates provided in paragraph (3), before importing for consumption or warehousing or distributing in commerce any children’s product that is subject to a children’s product safety rule, every manufacturer of such children’s product (and the private labeler of such children’s product if such children’s product bears a private label) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF771DA17BD34731BCBAB4D618276F4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit sufficient samples of the children’s product, or samples that are identical in all material respects to the product, to a third party conformity assessment body accredited under paragraph (3) to be tested for compliance with such children’s product safety rule; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H722C2841C21E47C7AEE4A2F44D11EF78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on such testing, issue a certificate that certifies that such children’s product complies with the children’s product safety rule based on the assessment of a third party conformity assessment body accredited to conduct such tests.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">A manufacturer or private labeler shall issue either a separate certificate for each children’s product safety rule applicable to a product or a combined certificate that certifies compliance with all applicable children’s product safety rules, in which case each such rule shall be specified.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A6A13F2968C4769A88023A662785954"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Schedule for implementation of third party testing</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F08E1821F3E45BC91480439AF08A40"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General application</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (F), the requirements of paragraph (2) shall apply to any children’s product manufactured more than 90 days after the Commission has established and published notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with a children’s product safety rule to which such children’s product is subject.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC518E2FDF764F0D93CE68F143BDB53F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Time line for accreditation</header>
<clause id="H9B844C3E2BEA42E3A109088814BB3F7F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Lead paint</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall publish notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with part 1303 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></clause>
<clause id="HBF5C05F2218B4302B39B81404BFF887E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Full-size cribs; non full-size cribs; pacifiers</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall publish notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with parts 1508, 1509, and 1511 of such title.</text></clause>
<clause id="HDCD495A5B56A4AA0B342AEF29C16D9DD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Small parts</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall publish notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with part 1501 of such title.</text></clause>
<clause id="H9D3F09A2A7944C4E824D7C2EF3A660CA"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Children’s metal jewelry</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall publish notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with the requirements of section 101(a)(2) of such Act with respect to children’s metal jewelry.</text></clause>
<clause id="H805D8DD34BAC42AB8D40FE00CA7DC318"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Baby bouncers, walkers, and jumpers</header><text>Not later than 210 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall publish notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with parts 1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a) of such title.</text></clause>
<clause id="H13115380D1174667BA35B636C902E409"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>All other children’s product safety rules</header><text>The Commission shall publish notice of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to assess conformity with other children’s product safety rules at the earliest practicable date, but in no case later than 10 months after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, or, in the case of children’s product safety rules established or revised 1 year or more after such date of enactment, not later than 90 days before such rules or revisions take effect.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F294F9F4836468980D589245B4BA359"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Accreditation</header><text>Accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies pursuant to the requirements established under subparagraph (B) may be conducted either by the Commission or by an independent accreditation organization designated by the Commission.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB39A7DA841E3403D8961AE1F2D4B58DC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Periodic review</header><text>The Commission shall periodically review and revise the accreditation requirements established under subparagraph (B) to ensure that the requirements assure the highest conformity assessment body quality that is feasible.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4914564F11D476499CE3603009F1504"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Publication of accredited entities</header><text>The Commission shall maintain on its Internet website an up-to-date list of entities that have been accredited to assess conformity with children’s product safety rules in accordance with the requirements published by the Commission under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C266B13DEB645319F6B5DA9AF6423"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>If the Commission determines that an insufficient number of third party conformity assessment bodies have been accredited to permit certification for a children’s product safety rule under the accelerated schedule required by this paragraph, the Commission may extend the deadline for certification to such rule by not more than 60 days.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EAEDDD1524D4794000024428DFA9774"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Until the date that is 3 years after the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Commission proceedings under this paragraph shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 553 and 601 through 612 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A0B9CC1D8384BC5B01C78F20792360"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 14(a)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(4)</external-xref>), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D3B69CD7CD04B67A3D8DD6125C5064D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>required by paragraph (1) of this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF3BFAAD225B4A3D87EF63C65114D5DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>requirement under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>requirement under paragraph (1), (2), or (3)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBCEF9483C7A14A69A3B5061B3E1C4700"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional requirements; definitions</header><text>Section 14 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HDE7CBE8EDA2243CC96C7E523E400CD33"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional regulations for third party testing</header>
<paragraph id="HEFD6234413C3470D93CF38E4D7DEE32D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>Not later than 10 months after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall by regulation establish requirements for the periodic audit of third party conformity assessment bodies as a condition for the continuing accreditation of such conformity assessment bodies under subsection (a)(3)(C).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB4643411C27442081B0EE17BF75A3C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance; continuing testing</header><text>Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall by regulation—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF73A1A4DD7BC4F71B28185B32B62E865"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initiate a program by which a manufacturer or private labeler may label a consumer product as complying with the certification requirements of subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB97A3BE353134FD7A3FB00E5D710014D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish protocols and standards—</text>
<clause id="H2909290591E341CA901DE8CD07497F80"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for ensuring that a children’s product tested for compliance with an applicable children’s product safety rule is subject to testing periodically and when there has been a material change in the product’s design or manufacturing process, including the sourcing of component parts;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD40B8130AFB1440CB976DB87787CEDF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for the testing of random samples to ensure continued compliance;</text></clause>
<clause id="HECE90CEEF7D143E386533CF5BDD99EEB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for verifying that a children’s product tested by a conformity assessment body complies with applicable children’s product safety rules; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF6D8AA53268A4E8799794B56902F92E7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for safeguarding against the exercise of undue influence on a third party conformity assessment body by a manufacturer or private labeler.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2AA35B89FE0F41379BA2F2F0059EC51"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Withdrawal of accreditation</header>
<paragraph id="HAC4448400A24475D986C4069A38F7036"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission may withdraw its accreditation or its acceptance of the accreditation of a third party conformity assessment body accredited under this section if the Commission finds, after notice and investigation, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3BA812162ABF4C0CB8A5A19800277F2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a manufacturer, private labeler, or governmental entity has exerted undue influence on such conformity assessment body or otherwise interfered with or compromised the integrity of the testing process with respect to the certification of a children’s product under this section; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86DB6AA41BEF4B4790594F5933ABECD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such conformity assessment body failed to comply with an applicable protocol, standard, or requirement established by the Commission under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE4D864879F44A5F890690F13399E100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>In any proceeding to withdraw the accreditation of a conformity assessment body, the Commission—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A72813F4FF54623B10081AC8FE970C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consider the gravity of the conformity assessment body’s action or failure to act, including—</text>
<clause id="H56F52C042B6945F3B6DE4FB5E9565A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the action or failure to act resulted in injury, death, or the risk of injury or death;</text></clause>
<clause id="H49E67D352DE041D29938ED7DD3C738EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the action or failure to act constitutes an isolated incident or represents a pattern or practice; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H726A649FA2FF49DE86D4B1661EC7FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether and when the conformity assessment body initiated remedial action; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2DC831C521BF45F8A42B6DB38B01F6A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may—</text>
<clause id="H617F0537D08441269784C0B43413C600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>withdraw its acceptance of the accreditation of the conformity assessment body on a permanent or temporary basis; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCF4C85B1F7AE4C038D25F1829D60F2D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish requirements for reaccreditation of the conformity assessment body.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D7E121CE32A4E3BA64ECEB4833D6FCD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to cooperate</header><text>The Commission may suspend the accreditation of a conformity assessment body if it fails to cooperate with the Commission in an investigation under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD9132C09368D440A93A34F532700B4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H2071C22129994F8E88480227A30044B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Children’s product safety rule</header><text>The term <term>children’s product safety rule</term> means a consumer product safety rule under this Act or similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission, including a rule declaring a consumer product to be a banned hazardous product or substance.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C8927E959E74BDDA0F681F06EAB651E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Third party conformity assessment body</header>
<subparagraph id="H7041E77CE9C044BEB897FD079E3E5CF6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>third party conformity assessment body</term> means a conformity assessment body that, except as provided in subparagraph (D), is not owned, managed, or controlled by the manufacturer or private labeler of a product assessed by such conformity assessment body.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BE6B42BC655468DA9646B25FF9EC643"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Governmental participation</header><text>Such term may include an entity that is owned or controlled in whole or in part by a government if—</text>
<clause id="H9555A3DC46794D2899A1F965504B2C95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, manufacturers or private labelers located in any nation are permitted to choose conformity assessment bodies that are not owned or controlled by the government of that nation;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE063C5CD11ED41B087FF2C947E12D0E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the entity’s testing results are not subject to undue influence by any other person, including another governmental entity;</text></clause>
<clause id="H517CA8320611476EBBFBF160C2298647"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the entity is not accorded more favorable treatment than other third party conformity assessment bodies in the same nation who have been accredited under this section;</text></clause>
<clause id="H321FBAEB1B994C0CB7A8E166DAE281"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the entity’s testing results are accorded no greater weight by other governmental authorities than those of other third party conformity assessment bodies accredited under this section; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCF3CCFD84D60467E84278435FC492E3B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the entity does not exercise undue influence over other governmental authorities on matters affecting its operations or on decisions by other governmental authorities controlling distribution of products based on outcomes of the entity’s conformity assessments.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D5B32164CC5461FAFAB885692CB3117"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Testing and certification of art materials and products</header><text>A certifying organization (as defined in appendix A to <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/16/1500.14">section 1500.14(b)(8)</external-xref> of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation or ruling)) meets the requirements of subparagraph (A) with respect to the certification of art material and art products required under this section or by regulations prescribed under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB975C44BE06540D6A2BA8C5C4E518771"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Firewalled conformity assessment bodies</header><text>Upon request, the Commission may accredit a conformity assessment body that is owned, managed, or controlled by a manufacturer or private labeler as a third party conformity assessment body if the Commission by order finds that—</text>
<clause id="H3174E45E56894032A3C1E2073169B854"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accreditation of the conformity assessment body would provide equal or greater consumer safety protection than the manufacturer’s or private labeler’s use of an independent third party conformity assessment body; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC1EBF351CA4745B6AAA61FB6BFFFFE00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the conformity assessment body has established procedures to ensure that—</text>
<subclause id="HD9850CA77B9B48759DF9053F4F3EC93D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>its test results are protected from undue influence by the manufacturer, private labeler or other interested party;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFE55F018A4664D34B3CB8B6F33E8C24"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Commission is notified immediately of any attempt by the manufacturer, private labeler or other interested party to hide or exert undue influence over test results; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF9B3D463AC19476687546642552C00D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>allegations of undue influence may be reported confidentially to the Commission.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAFE61B0166414808A8BC8DEA676D7BDA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Requirements for certificates</header>
<paragraph id="H5A8B090FD5894541A985434F7794E2C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification of issuer and conformity assessment body</header><text>Every certificate required under this section shall identify the manufacturer or private labeler issuing the certificate and any third party conformity assessment body on whose testing the certificate depends. The certificate shall include, at a minimum, the date and place of manufacture, the date and place where the product was tested, each party’s name, full mailing address, telephone number, and contact information for the individual responsible for maintaining records of test results.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04BE5DD1086C4FE28707D316DAA7363F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>English language</header><text>Every certificate required under this section shall be legible and all content required by this section shall be in the English language. A certificate may also contain the same content in any other language.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBE8179EBBAA04E66B424A88E2F9D4533"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of certificates</header><text>Every certificate required under this section shall accompany the applicable product or shipment of products covered by the same certificate and a copy of the certificate shall be furnished to each distributor or retailer of the product. Upon request, the manufacturer or private labeler issuing the certificate shall furnish a copy of the certificate to the Commission.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H062C86CAB7084BE4AC5FCB03EC52C4D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Electronic filing of certificates for imported products</header><text>In consultation with the Commissioner of Customs, the Commission may, by rule, provide for the electronic filing of certificates under this section up to 24 hours before arrival of an imported product. Upon request, the manufacturer or private labeler issuing the certificate shall furnish a copy to the Commission and to the Commissioner of Customs.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3A9909CEBCB94D8C8297AC7D005F8EEE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Compliance of any children’s product with third party testing and certification or general conformity certification requirements under this section shall not be construed to exempt such children’s product from any requirement that such product actually be in conformity with all applicable rules, regulation, standards, or ban under any Act enforced by the Commission.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H90A2A422F6A5423D8D09C7F63F99FFD3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>CPSC consideration of existing requirements</header><text>In establishing standards for accreditation of a third party conformity assessment body under section 14(a)(3) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as added by subsection (a), the Commission may consider standards and protocols for accreditation of such conformity assessment bodies by independent accreditation organizations that are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, but shall ensure that the protocols, standards, and requirements prescribed under such section 14(a)(3) incorporate, as the standard for accreditation, the most current scientific and technological standards and techniques available.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6BAFEA4B834749DBB0B16CF4D4C8151"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 14(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H27175D246BDA45698B39CF2F48A2166F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>consumer products which are subject to consumer product safety standards under this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>any product which is subject to a consumer product safety rule under this Act, or a similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF5464A3940B47B6A04DEF43D2EB6CB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or testing programs.</quote> and inserting <quote>, unless the Commission, by rule, requires testing by an independent third party for a particular rule, regulation, standard, or ban, or for a particular class of products.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H5C05487B84BF4EA2800049936974CB2E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Tracking labels for children’s products</header>
<subsection id="H286D2F17BDCD43308467F5652809164C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 14(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 102 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC3E26DF367E4413B94B4C9885F990532" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective 1 year after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the manufacturer of a children’s product shall place permanent, distinguishing marks on the product and its packaging, to the extent practicable, that will enable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF5A5C0E9F9E469C8310A748869EFEBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the manufacturer to ascertain the location and date of production of the product, cohort information (including the batch, run number, or other identifying characteristic), and any other information determined by the manufacturer to facilitate ascertaining the specific source of the product by reference to those marks; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H995705BF6BF843579CA6B85B84146F72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ultimate purchaser to ascertain the manufacturer or private labeler, location and date of production of the product, and cohort information (including the batch, run number, or other identifying characteristic).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H980E2AA67C3F4BC2007325809C006443"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Label information</header><text>Section 14(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(c)</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2B3E1B590293445D9B005892DEF9EB81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The cohort information (including the batch, run number, or other identifying characteristic) of the product.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H3A8EAB9BB9CC4EECAC2B6042B45FAF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advertising, labeling, and packaging representation</header><text>Section 14 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H0BFDCF9BBA324EAE003E521E88E8679D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement for advertisements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No advertisement for a consumer product or label or packaging of such product may contain a reference to a consumer product safety rule or a voluntary consumer product safety standard unless such product conforms with the applicable safety requirements of such rule or standard.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H5C1A64467AAA451B9689087BD15F0052"><enum>104.</enum><header>Standards and consumer registration of durable nursery products</header>
<subsection id="HE9A112374A1D446AA8331DD8F0F00B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short Title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote>Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H73841B8BD79B4F15882DA2E123BBC769"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HC8AAFDE88BC64629862BE7431A79849"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9048DC8434F4460A21F7ED137BAA276"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in consultation with representatives of consumer groups, juvenile product manufacturers, and independent child product engineers and experts, examine and assess the effectiveness of any voluntary consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF33CAFFA5B148EF95C14300CB921FFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, promulgate consumer product safety standards that—</text>
<clause id="H584A1CE45731472FB1EB93629DC86918"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are substantially the same as such voluntary standards; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H190FBE66FE55492F84563F8B7E3E4727"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are more stringent than such voluntary standards, if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with such products.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5A72473FC2E47F99DEBFABE0453DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timetable for rulemaking</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall commence the rulemaking required under paragraph (1) and shall promulgate standards for no fewer than 2 categories of durable infant or toddler products every 6 months thereafter, beginning with the product categories that the Commission determines to be of highest priority, until the Commission has promulgated standards for all such product categories. Thereafter, the Commission shall periodically review and revise the standards set forth under this subsection to ensure that such standards provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D28181D21B34029AC927C9CED44F4B" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Any person adversely affected by such standards may file a petition for review under the procedures set forth in section 11(g) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2060">15 U.S.C. 2060(g)</external-xref>), as added by section 236 of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB832253519F547AE9969216B7D613290"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cribs</header>
<paragraph id="H3D87A7403FE24325ABD4817572CBFEBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It shall be a violation of section 19(a)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2068">15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)</external-xref>) for any person to which this subsection applies to manufacture, sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, offer, provide for use, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce a crib that is not in compliance with a standard promulgated under subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F9094AB8ADE411BA154579D3CAE2122"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons to which subsection applies</header><text>This subsection applies to any person that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H73A8213A9332481DB8906C72048F1CDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>manufactures, distributes in commerce, or contracts to sell cribs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03D49F0D37674B448FAE6EFAB3D38BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on the person’s occupation, holds itself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to cribs, including child care facilities and family child care homes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB90D8C49044742E999872529C31DBE9C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is in the business of contracting to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place cribs in the stream of commerce; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE18875C1A9DE4A9E86057BC844A9BCFE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>owns or operates a place of public accommodation affecting commerce (as defined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2203">15 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>) applied without regard to the phrase <quote>not owned by the Federal Government</quote>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7871330DBC8A4A2BAB00ACA33800AFFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Crib defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>crib</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H096DB8A700B34FDDA52BCC6B37B40B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new and used cribs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12C82AFFEADD410C8200C69BA924144C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>full-sized or nonfull-sized cribs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8D24FFC94AA412BA9D7CC8C034A888"><enum>(C)</enum><text>portable cribs and crib-pens.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9817D32D0A6E41C4BA9969CCD4589400"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consumer Registration Requirement</header>
<paragraph id="HC841DA644516436DB7B700BE14484D00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, or the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3501">44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.</external-xref>), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, pursuant to its authority under section 16(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2065">15 U.S.C. 2065(b)</external-xref>), promulgate a final consumer product safety rule to require each manufacturer of a durable infant or toddler product—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91C6D9447C274253992DF6F15418DFF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide consumers with a postage-paid consumer registration form with each such product;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EA7F580C3554F60A09B94E743676D14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to maintain a record of the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and other contact information of consumers who register their ownership of such products with the manufacturer in order to improve the effectiveness of manufacturer campaigns to recall such products; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F8D3FDB2A994D2BAA93F61C59B9B2C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to permanently place the manufacturer name and contact information, model name and number, and the date of manufacture on each durable infant or toddler product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE929489180E348B5ADBD92AFA37F1677"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for registration form</header><text>The registration form required to be provided to consumers under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9F9FAFC7E2F43DB84065CAA94C670E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include spaces for a consumer to provide the consumer’s name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H075DF32B301C499999CF33DD1EB4E86F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include space sufficiently large to permit easy, legible recording of all desired information;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C9A2D54B5264E90A41291DB64FA3FC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be attached to the surface of each durable infant or toddler product so that, as a practical matter, the consumer must notice and handle the form after purchasing the product;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6C086E338A340B3970000E04F00A684"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include the manufacturer’s name, model name and number for the product, and the date of manufacture;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A60B04EF4C740B386728D80F8D8E766"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include a message explaining the purpose of the registration and designed to encourage consumers to complete the registration;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B6D99B59A9F4C78BCF3EC56568D51E4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include an option for consumers to register through the Internet; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11E22298BDB644A09D8EE6D480DBAC4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>include a statement that information provided by the consumer shall not be used for any purpose other than to facilitate a recall of or safety alert regarding that product.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">In issuing regulations under this section, the Commission may prescribe the exact text and format of the required registration form.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E71C296EA784F5EA2DF6F00A0EA113F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record keeping and notification requirements</header><text>The rules required under this section shall require each manufacturer of a durable infant or toddler product to maintain a record of registrants for each product manufactured that includes all of the information provided by each consumer registered, and to use such information to notify such consumers in the event of a voluntary or involuntary recall of or safety alert regarding such product. Each manufacturer shall maintain such a record for a period of not less than 6 years after the date of manufacture of the product. Consumer information collected by a manufacturer under this Act may not be used by the manufacturer, nor disseminated by such manufacturer to any other party, for any purpose other than notification to such consumer in the event of a product recall or safety alert.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCD45152D6824F1C9EF48EE7F0AA784D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Commission shall conduct a study at such time as it considers appropriate on the effectiveness of the consumer registration forms required by this section in facilitating product recalls and whether such registration forms should be required for other children’s products. Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall report its findings to the appropriate Congressional committees.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB53BAB2A1194BFBBE56E7C084351FDD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of Alternative Recall Notification Technology</header>
<paragraph id="HD55F59CA91C840EA9BC4AE6EF0BFC7FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Technology assessment and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6214983FF04942FEAE01BE8EF3B9C17"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning 2 years after a rule is promulgated under subsection (d), regularly review recall notification technology and assess the effectiveness of such technology in facilitating recalls of durable infant or toddler products; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC7B1A6B357DE4E14958DDA45D01091D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act and periodically thereafter as the Commission considers appropriate, transmit a report on such assessments to the appropriate Congressional committees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA78AF3DE4A8C422B95C9BD98E59EE471"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, based on the assessment required by paragraph (1), the Commission determines by rule that a recall notification technology is likely to be as effective or more effective in facilitating recalls of durable infant or toddler products as the registration forms required by subsection (d), the Commission—</text>
<subparagraph id="H50A170561054482BA701C528917923DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report on such determination; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CB8E74F7935418B9EE786D33251E47C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall permit a manufacturer of durable infant or toddler products to use such technology in lieu of such registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant or toddler products.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H77F8E278D4A5473C9E8CABE7D6219E66"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition of Durable Infant or Toddler Product</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>durable infant or toddler product</term>—</text>
<paragraph id="HB94063F4AEE345A5ABCB19854E828C7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>means a durable product intended for use, or that may be reasonably expected to be used, by children under the age of 5 years; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7D0787AD9B34CD3934BFF52DAFB345"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5413FCC8DEF1481B9342D162DF631C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>full-size cribs and nonfull-size cribs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62B89686D270498595CD22B63664DB6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>toddler beds;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9319B976580430F9E14C520CF9F9803"><enum>(C)</enum><text>high chairs, booster chairs, and hook-on chairs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC662B3CFB367480D9F134B97A5893818"><enum>(D)</enum><text>bath seats;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF717AFD0521431C8261AC0000BE2CEC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>gates and other enclosures for confining a child;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA35143ACED644FC8A12316B04341E6A3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>play yards;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5F2787EB0DF4DE8A2F0673F87F6AFAF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>stationary activity centers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF098EC27A0544722A614A25DB4A8C7B3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>infant carriers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7918F0BAD796439D84A69C802923FFE5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>strollers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A56C35E0B32421988CDDAFB7F3D6014"><enum>(J)</enum><text>walkers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6E42F6652CB4562B7DC75E5C03F9211"><enum>(K)</enum><text>swings; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99709CDA33D242F3B7C1F9FF5D86BCCD"><enum>(L)</enum><text>bassinets and cradles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD1410595FCE64AA392D3D34EC573FBCB"><enum>105.</enum><header>Labeling requirement for advertising toys and games</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FHSA">Federal Hazardous Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1278">15 U.S.C. 1278</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H55FFCFF6DF8F4ADBB23F9FF5F13C203E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB950FD5208894967BF5D7C9565C6B871"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H761C899154DC4C59849F17FBF4BEC6D">
<subsection id="HB163FED4538C44B9A1964D9D1EC48548"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advertising</header>
<paragraph id="HB00839F0699043DD0004BD1FE8A56F9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H9C50765C22F3419FBC49651F3BFF10FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cautionary statement</header><text>Any advertisement by a retailer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or private labeler (including advertisements on Internet websites or in catalogues or other printed materials) that provides a direct means for the purchase or order of a product for which a cautionary statement is required under subsection (a) or (b) shall include the appropriate cautionary statement displayed on or immediately adjacent to that advertisement, as modified by regulations issued under paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02652BB3800E481D9ED296AD27DCC9DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application to retailers</header>
<clause id="H85517A36E9964B2494F0008BD503251E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirement to inform</header><text>A manufacturer, importer, distributor, or private labeler that provides such a product to a retailer shall inform the retailer of any cautionary statement requirement applicable to the product.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD0E35407A83441F9B4C1D820BD00105F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Retailer’s requirement to inquire</header><text>A retailer is not in violation of subparagraph (A) if the retailer requested information from the manufacturer, importer, distributor, or private labeler as to whether the cautionary statement required by subparagraph (A) applies to the product that is the subject of the advertisement and the manufacturer, importer, distributor, or private labeler provided false information or did not provide such information.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EBD3618EC05488AAD110000913F00EA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Display</header><text>The cautionary statement required by subparagraph (A) shall be prominently displayed—</text>
<clause id="H0188463A17B24B8784B4EB58E7A96967"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the primary language used in the advertisement;</text></clause>
<clause id="H00AD76301CE34E889244532000437B04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other material printed or displayed in such advertisement; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF2321F7F815146C7005ED8DA84C8C727"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in a manner consistent with part 1500 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB90038D9DBB845E58FAA142D22233BA2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<clause id="H9819BCD8007341FA876C8CBBC0FA1E8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The terms <term>manufacturer</term>, <term>distributor</term>, and <term>private labeler</term> have the meaning given those terms in section 3 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052</external-xref>).</text></clause>
<clause id="HC954FA12EB3F4DFABAF607251746AA93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term <term>retailer</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052</external-xref>), but does not include an individual whose selling activity is intermittent and does not constitute a trade or business.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C3993C2B36049E1B223F4BA181288FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The requirement in paragraph (1) shall take effect—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5648E7F300046B88C3B37748CA0BFAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to advertisements on Internet websites, 120 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59D3AB4FBE114342BCCCB33EF0D96E1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to catalogues and other printed materials, 180 days after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D729C80352448C594E37C7CEA644112"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any provision of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, or the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3501">44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.</external-xref>), the Commission shall, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, promulgate regulations to effectuate this section with respect to catalogues and other printed material. The Commission may, under such regulations, provide a grace period of no more than 180 days for catalogues and other printed material printed prior to the effective date of paragraph (1) during which time distribution of such catalogues and other printed material shall not be considered a violation of such paragraph. The Commission may promulgate regulations concerning the size and placement of the cautionary statement required by paragraph (1) of this subsection as appropriate relative to the size and placement of the advertisements in such catalogues and other printed material. The Commission shall promulgate regulations that clarify the applicability of these requirements to catalogues and other printed material distributed solely between businesses and not to individual consumers.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFB26135177640C3A6028FF3C9AEC81E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The requirements in paragraph (1) shall be treated as a consumer product safety standard promulgated under section 9 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2056">15 U.S.C. 2056</external-xref>). The publication or distribution of any advertisement that is not in compliance with paragraph (1) shall be treated as a prohibited act under section 19(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2068">15 U.S.C. 2068</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H7F33DCBFD5D947E2A8F61C5338003E24"><enum>106.</enum><header>Mandatory toy safety standards</header>
<subsection id="H69B9039773D54DAF83AA8E41B2F48C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the provisions of ASTM International Standard F963–07 Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety (ASTM F963), as it exists on the date of enactment of this Act (except for section 4.2 and Annex 4 or any provision that restates or incorporates an existing mandatory standard or ban promulgated by the Commission or by statute) shall be considered to be consumer product safety standards issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2058">15 U.S.C. 2058</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA81BCF80DA064E44BC3E0286E93B57A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking for specific toys, components and risks</header>
<paragraph id="H390BD8B170174B20BEAFCBD54B06E409"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with representatives of consumer groups, juvenile product manufacturers, and independent child product engineers and experts, shall examine and assess the effectiveness of ASTM F963 or its successor standard (except for section 4.2 and Annex 4), as it relates to safety requirements, safety labeling requirements, and test methods related to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA304B565F77D48ABAF61C8106F6FC0F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>internal harm or injury hazards caused by the ingestion or inhalation of magnets in children’s products;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3697037D42684AF4AB27D7F2DFE02897"><enum>(B)</enum><text>toxic substances;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9268120C4A4349279C1E5473AB34BCCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>toys with spherical ends;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA4C43F351A94E5DB66631DFE8D8AB5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>hemispheric-shaped objects;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0E5A43BCAEC411FA100D8A5707F8E85"><enum>(E)</enum><text>cords, straps, and elastics; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDC5A01D42EA4C4CA1689CEE00818420"><enum>(F)</enum><text>battery-operated toys.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD7BB2EF81EF48608E9DA4A5542CDAAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Within 1 year after the completion of the assessment required by paragraph (1), the Commission shall promulgate rules in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H846AE06825AC488E9DC13D495409A990"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take into account other children’s product safety rules; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE4E2745BAF04F5BA1A6E197EA2A463"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are more stringent than such standards, if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury of such toys.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB5B6A6371DA7431CB79816D200203B78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Periodic review</header><text>The Commission shall periodically review and revise the rules set forth under this section to ensure that such rules provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2A7F7DAC7EED4E3FAF00C2202FD3A83F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consideration of remaining ASTM standards</header><text>After promulgating the rules required by subsection (b), the Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0104A5C865F94ADBB0DA430422DAEA42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in consultation with representatives of consumer groups, juvenile product manufacturers, and independent child product engineers and experts, examine and assess the effectiveness of ASTM F963 (and alternative health protective requirements to prevent or minimize flammability of children’s products) or its successor standard, and shall assess the adequacy of such standards in protecting children from safety hazards; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74B773B4D55346B9B5BB850490E7665C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, promulgate consumer product safety rules that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F3C942C814A40B5A5CD851AD516FDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take into account other children’s product safety rules; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE31BBA2CB8664480841BC291C23EEA96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are more stringent than such standards, if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with such toys.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H725400C88E294F2FB6A8CC1CE9A7B9C8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The Commission shall promulgate rules beginning with the product categories that the Commission determines to be of highest priority, until the Commission has promulgated standards for all such product categories.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H00C88522D7E04BD799B7A6324622B8D2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment as consumer product safety standards</header><text>Rules issued under this section shall be considered consumer product safety standards issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2058">15 U.S.C. 2058</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8FB8353189C343358950C973C6189852"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>If ASTM International (or its successor entity) proposes to revise ASTM F963–07, or a successor standard, it shall notify the Commission of the proposed revision. The Commission shall incorporate the revision or a section of the revision into the consumer product safety rule. The revised standard shall be considered to be a consumer product safety standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2058">15 U.S.C. 2058</external-xref>), effective 180 days after the date on which ASTM International notifies the Commission of the revision unless, within 90 days after receiving that notice, the Commission notifies ASTM International that it has determined that the proposed revision does not improve the safety of the consumer product covered by the standard. If the Commission so notifies ASTM International with respect to a proposed revision of the standard, the existing standard shall continue to be considered to be a consumer product safety rule without regard to the proposed revision.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC9D5664D31334764AF77247228978184"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rulemaking to consider exemption from preemption</header>
<paragraph id="H350B9914B8564E61ADCF4FA2CB11503"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exemption of state law from preemption</header><text>Upon application of a State or political subdivision of a State, the Commission shall, after notice and opportunity for oral presentation of views, consider a rulemaking to exempt from the provisions of section 26(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (under such conditions as it may impose in the rule) any proposed safety standard or regulation which is described in such application and which is designed to protect against a risk of injury associated with a children’s product subject to the consumer product safety standards described in subsection (a) or any rule promulgated under this section. The Commission shall grant such an exemption if the State or political subdivision standard or regulation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H30A4F4BC88884EA1B27D7795414B5401"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides a significantly higher degree of protection from such risk of injury than the consumer product safety standard or rule under this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDDAA422922E446CA22E5CAF00745B26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not unduly burden interstate commerce.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">In determining the burden, if any, of a State or political subdivision standard or regulation on interstate commerce, the Commission shall consider and make appropriate (as determined by the Commission in its discretion) findings on the technological and economic feasibility of complying with such standard or regulation, the cost of complying with such standard or regulation, the geographic distribution of the consumer product to which the standard or regulation would apply, the probability of other States or political subdivisions applying for an exemption under this subsection for a similar standard or regulation, and the need for a national, uniform standard under this Act for such consumer product.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B37E77B5C764545BC1CD0012614B121"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of standards on established state laws</header><text>Nothing in this section or in section 26 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2075">15 U.S.C. 2075</external-xref>) shall prevent a State or political subdivision of a State from continuing in effect a safety requirement applicable to a toy or other children’s product that is designed to deal with the same risk of injury as the consumer product safety standards established by this section and that is in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, if such State or political subdivision has filed such requirement with the Commission within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in such form and in such manner as the Commission may require.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3862BB061B6B44B58B3668EE0052108F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>The issuance of any rule under this section is subject to judicial review as provided in section 11(g) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2060">15 U.S.C. 2060(g)</external-xref>), as added by section 236 of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA2E2B04E42AE4EAEAB74C30500EE0076"><enum>107.</enum><header>Study of preventable injuries and deaths in minority children related to consumer products</header>
<subsection id="H82C30FF59BFA4C7B8EBEA768638800CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate a study, by the Government Accountability Office or by contract through an independent entity, to assess disparities in the risks and incidence of preventable injuries and deaths among children of minority populations, including Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Asian/Pacific Islander children in the United States. The Comptroller General shall consult with the Commission as necessary.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H072C56C231484FDBA8B504A557AEAAE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The study shall examine the racial disparities of the rates of preventable injuries and deaths related to suffocation, poisonings, and drownings, including those associated with the use of cribs, mattresses and bedding materials, swimming pools and spas, and toys and other products intended for use by children.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0F8E258B101740DC9DF2AF57CC401CEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall report the findings to the appropriate Congressional committees. The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H2534876810114D99BCC760A38228719F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Comptroller General’s findings on the incidence of preventable risks of injuries and deaths among children of minority populations and recommendations for minimizing such risks;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA876D3AB5BF2401FBBE8D1A22DBA239D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for public outreach, awareness, and prevention campaigns specifically aimed at racial minority populations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H863C789B3B3B4E459010F106C54D3303"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations for education initiatives that may reduce statistical disparities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H76CA830987224654B74643D691BDB000" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>108.</enum><header>Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specified phthalates</header>
<subsection id="HD98332D670F2482B9591C42969795EA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on the sale of certain products containing phthalates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any children’s toy or child care article that contains concentrations of more than 0.1 percent of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HED7DE34B2A7A4F359F3513B932C21B32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on the sale of additional products containing certain phthalates</header>
<paragraph id="HFF28A2A730334EDDB47B4472F8F8AF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and until a final rule is promulgated under paragraph (3), it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any children’s toy that can be placed in a child’s mouth or child care article that contains concentrations of more than 0.1 percent of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), or di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAA84C10194849B783B0087FEC2C769"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel</header>
<subparagraph id="HF362482B0FE5488CADCFA258A1BFE9C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not earlier than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall begin the process of appointing a Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel pursuant to the procedures of section 28 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2077">15 U.S.C. 2077</external-xref>) to study the effects on children’s health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children’s toys and child care articles.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF15475676CE74F43B85800D45B779CB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Examination</header><text>The panel shall, within 18 months after its appointment under subparagraph (A), complete an examination of the full range of phthalates that are used in products for children and shall—</text>
<clause id="H3658069007A44D3D99C17209E5A969CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine all of the potential health effects (including endocrine disrupting effects) of the full range of phthalates;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7CC6CA6895424785A8D2475F495627A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider the potential health effects of each of these phthalates both in isolation and in combination with other phthalates;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD00690902DF54553BB82B14C32BD36F5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>examine the likely levels of children’s, pregnant women’s, and others’ exposure to phthalates, based on a reasonable estimation of normal and foreseeable use and abuse of such products; </text></clause>
<clause id="HAFAD36B36DF045C4A13856BFE1E0FC9D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>consider the cumulative effect of total exposure to phthalates, both from children’s products and from other sources, such as personal care products;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAA7F71524FCA447B9961331975D3291C" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review all relevant data, including the most recent, best-available, peer-reviewed, scientific studies of these phthalates and phthalate alternatives that employ objective data collection practices or employ other objective methods; </text></clause>
<clause id="HB518F9BD101449B79675177B57000080"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>consider the health effects of phthalates not only from ingestion but also as a result of dermal, hand-to-mouth, or other exposure;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFDA49A713B824F79B819829F3FC4BE52"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>consider the level at which there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to children, pregnant women, or other susceptible individuals and their offspring, considering the best available science, and using sufficient safety factors to account for uncertainties regarding exposure and susceptibility of children, pregnant women, and other potentially susceptible individuals; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB589A61A77B2412CBF21FDF25E6D18C8"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider possible similar health effects of phthalate alternatives used in children’s toys and child care articles.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The panel’s examinations pursuant to this paragraph shall be conducted <italic>de novo</italic>. The findings and conclusions of any previous Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on this issue and other studies conducted by the Commission shall be reviewed by the panel but shall not be considered determinative.</continuation-text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H968A90CF1A274FD7B26DBB79C1272BCD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after completing its examination, the panel appointed under subparagraph (A) shall report to the Commission the results of the examination conducted under this section and shall make recommendations to the Commission regarding any phthalates (or combinations of phthalates) in addition to those identified in subsection (a) or phthalate alternatives that the panel determines should be declared banned hazardous substances.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3F9ACE209044D4F808E33E5E38596F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permanent prohibition by rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving the report of the panel under paragraph (2)(C), the Commission shall, pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, promulgate a final rule to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C87D2E9788B4CEF917865135F6885D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine, based on such report, whether to continue in effect the prohibition under paragraph (1), in order to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm to children, pregnant women, or other susceptible individuals with an adequate margin of safety; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02937756B23D4467BA72F87A4FFB7F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the findings and recommendations of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel and declare any children’s product containing any phthalates to be a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2057">15 U.S.C. 2057</external-xref>), as the Commission determines necessary to protect the health of children.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF976EBBA011D44B6B9524209E88BB19D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of violation</header><text>A violation of subsection (a) or (b)(1) or any rule promulgated by the Commission under subsection (b)(3) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2068">15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB588DF2EA7864198B1CDBCA8FEEE005F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment as consumer product safety standards; effect on State laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (a) and (b)(1) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3) shall be considered consumer product safety standards under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Nothing in this section or the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.</external-xref>) shall be construed to preempt or otherwise affect any State requirement with respect to any phthalate alternative not specifically regulated in a consumer product safety standard under the Consumer Product Safety Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3408072F96F541559E2546E69C81F6D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="H1DC259136FA64B998BD22CB248BDEEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Defined terms</header><text>As used in this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E641F1D2E9E4560B01BE954BBB900A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>phthalate alternative</term> means any common substitute to a phthalate, alternative material to a phthalate, or alternative plasticizer.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9C720A75D8A431A80DA5BA9A82F5925"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>children’s toy</term> means a consumer product designed or intended by the manufacturer for a child 12 years of age or younger for use by the child when the child plays.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3AF21161B9748389300CC00AAF4E5B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>child care article</term> means a consumer product designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate sleep or the feeding of children age 3 and younger, or to help such children with sucking or teething.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E164FC601B64AFDBD9200E1E2F1F718"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The term <term>consumer product</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(1)</external-xref>). </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAEC988356ADC42928C9C213C52E31F41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination guidelines</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE6D2577D6154ABD85129975F7DC3E04"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Age</header><text>In determining whether products described in paragraph (1) are designed or intended for use by a child of the ages specified, the following factors shall be considered:</text>
<clause id="H06259BCA8EB148B3BC23DC472200AD9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A statement by a manufacturer about the intended use of such product, including a label on such product if such statement is reasonable.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF9A186D31A544CA3A5F3C4D6096100E2" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Whether the product is represented in its packaging, display, promotion, or advertising as appropriate for use by children of the ages specified.</text></clause>
<clause id="H89B81D880FE94CAF8D10509F894CD6A6" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Whether the product is commonly recognized by consumers as being intended for use by a child of the ages specified.</text></clause>
<clause id="H321924BC0CD744B0AE7DC3B18EC84D96" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The Age Determination guidelines issued by the Commission staff in September 2002 and any successor to such guidelines.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA06B6EFA8E142358727FB06DE6BF521"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Toy that can be placed in a child’s mouth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> For purposes of this section a toy can be placed in a child’s mouth if any part of the toy can actually be brought to the mouth and kept in the mouth by a child so that it can be sucked and chewed. If the children’s product can only be licked, it is not regarded as able to be placed in the mouth. If a toy or part of a toy in one dimension is smaller than 5 centimeters, it can be placed in the mouth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform</header>
<subtitle id="H4A5BABB2E36543C997D7517E7D72123C"><enum>A</enum><header>Administrative Improvements</header>
<section id="HF9389EA27EE844369C55B7AA79B66100" commented="no"><enum>201.</enum><header>Reauthorization of the Commission</header>
<subsection id="HAB00BE739C5E47E6BF36CA9590367936" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 32 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2081">15 U.S.C. 2081</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33078683C9B14AE3A01EDBEDB441A7A3" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H2177E495864148298BE0C534AE8B9018"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H4E7FFF6E05684D85BC8239F7D6404BF3" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and any other provision of law the Commission is authorized or directed to carry out—</text>
<subparagraph id="H95673EF1D0FB45059085981B988CF5CC" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$118,200,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCA1F4D5B4EA4DA08EA4C11752E6DDE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$115,640,000 for fiscal year 2011; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB3559DC0F794834983C36BE9946F3B7" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$123,994,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB7881CB94944E639BA00C777E8BA50" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$131,783,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2646B14D99D14095AA82C8A0A2FFA77D" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$136,409,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE24A0FE4E4304D93A722A199C39D669C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel allowance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), there shall be made available $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2010, $1,248,000 for fiscal year 2011, $1,297,000 for fiscal year 2012, $1,350,000 for fiscal year 2013, and $1,403,000 for fiscal year 2014, for travel, subsistence, and related expenses incurred in furtherance of the official duties of Commissioners and employees with respect to attendance at meetings or similar functions, which shall be used by the Commission for such purposes in lieu of acceptance of payment or reimbursement for such expenses from any person—</text>
<subparagraph id="H358664ECE0024668B5C191663655C5E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking official action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated by, the Commission; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5924F7D8473946E3A618E4A0992B95BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the Commissioner's or employee's official duties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H8587E3818A3A4FFCA59EF762B6839B8" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall transmit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report of its plans to allocate the funding authorized by subsection (a). Such report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H38387E08DD3844C1AF56D127212FEBA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of full-time investigators and other full-time equivalents the Commission intends to employ;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCBDB1D0000742BC93CF7698A496C86" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>efforts by the Commission to develop standards for training product safety inspectors and technical staff employed by the Commission; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96634879CE7447C882D8D00030ED1902" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>efforts and policies of the Commission to encourage Commission scientific staff to seek appropriate publishing opportunities in peer-reviewed journals and other media; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H321BAE98690D443CB225F5248CCC31F9" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the efforts of the Commission to reach and educate retailers of second-hand products and informal sellers, such as thrift shops and yard sales, concerning consumer product safety rules and product recalls, especially those relating to durable nursery products, in order to prevent the resale of any products that have been recalled, including the development of educational materials for distribution not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA32CE8045747482C980086B0CFA2CBB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 32 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2081">15 U.S.C. 2081</external-xref>) is further amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b) and inserting after such subsection designation the following: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Limitation.—</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H071EDADC743F4F6B89EBE32B00DDDCE"><enum>202.</enum><header>Full Commission requirement; interim quorum; personnel</header>
<subsection id="H30F9AEB3C38C4B82892FA3F2D7EAA9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary quorum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 4(d) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2053">15 U.S.C. 2053(d)</external-xref>), 2 members of the Commission, if they are not affiliated with the same political party, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business for the 1 year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F0DE0EC32504B5288771F324599DF47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of quorum limitation</header>
<paragraph id="H579A98F8753847DD89B60131DBE739DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Title III of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/389">Public Law 102–389</external-xref> is amended by striking the first proviso in the item captioned <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">consumer product safety commission, salaries and expenses</header-in-text></quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2053">15 U.S.C. 2053</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68DFB35382B84F6D8FC42599FF75F77D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H89B52178FFFA4BC981945BB1EAFE1B43"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Personnel</header>
<paragraph id="HB818EE34465243388229EDCB14C3C649"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Professional staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall increase the number of full-time personnel employed by the Commission to at least 500 by October 1, 2013, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7881A1DD46934F84B019783551299635"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ports of entry; overseas inspectors</header><text>As part of the 500 full-time employees required by paragraph (1), the Commission shall hire personnel to be assigned to duty stations at United States ports of entry, or to inspect overseas manufacturing facilities, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H6E1E1123BA06497A8EA62B3EF9C9F50"><enum>203.</enum><header>Submission of copy of certain documents to Congress</header>
<subsection id="H7D91AD0CFC5C487CB0BB766409B0A79C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the Commission shall comply with the requirements of section 27(k) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2076">15 U.S.C. 2076(k)</external-xref>) with respect to budget recommendations, legislative recommendations, testimony, and comments on legislation submitted by the Commission to the President or the Office of Management and Budget after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5EAC4E39727640A38500395131FFBDA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reinstatement of Requirement</header><text>Section 3003(d) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/66">Public Law 104–66</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1113">31 U.S.C. 1113</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H06347B2AAFA14B0BB3B4284B2529FFC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon in paragraph (31);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5F2392FCC2344CB99B4BDC1230475B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (32) as (33); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE957A8494BB941AABEA5DF6F26858705"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (31) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBCE8A2D53CFE421F8B6747D40031EF45" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8329842774394F5795A3E373E65E4010"><enum>(32)</enum><text>section 27(k) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2076">15 U.S.C. 2076(k)</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HAEE5C999A2B246EFA354B8F6CFBA3D56"><enum>204.</enum><header>Expedited rulemaking</header>
<subsection id="HC624FA835484437BA4952D5172272B1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>ANPR requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H099BFD28B20E41D8BA8449F09FFD377C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 9 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2058">15 U.S.C. 2058</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8C5BACCABFB4497A501662E4704D307"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall be commenced</quote> in subsection (a) and inserting <quote>may be commenced</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC627EB9A8B5045B3B4D59D71C6AD5D09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in the notice</quote> in subsection (b) and inserting <quote>in a notice</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C7190EAAC5B43DFBDC5303D37E68980"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>unless, not less than 60 days after publication of the notice required in subsection (a), the</quote> in subsection (c) and inserting <quote>unless the</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF78D3930568643C1AD2FAA52BA148B83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an advance notice of proposed rulemaking under subsection (a) relating to the product involved,</quote> in the third sentence of subsection (c) and inserting <quote>the notice,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBDAEFB9AE70427799E66798FE14539F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Register.</quote> in the matter following paragraph (4) of subsection (c) and inserting <quote>Register. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude any person from submitting an existing standard or portion of a standard as a proposed consumer product safety standard.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DABA32BF37C428EB8E9E9C0878DAE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 5(a)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2054">15 U.S.C. 2054(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>an advance notice of proposed rulemaking or</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC2F251AC287648F69FC3B2DA7717DB65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking under Federal Hazardous Substances Act</header>
<paragraph id="HBE3AE47C47E44BC1A27F55291DEAB400"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3(a) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1262">15 U.S.C. 1262(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA0127528C87F4D31A768E98E6270E85F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4FA7DEB8FDC443A596B8F2D48054A7A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="H7656952BB1FE474C977806550060C491"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Whenever in the judgment of the Commission such action will promote the objectives of this Act by avoiding or resolving uncertainty as to its application, the Commission may by regulation declare to be a hazardous substance, for the purposes of this Act, any substance or mixture of substances, which it finds meets the requirements of section 2(f)(1)(A).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1398D3B081642339D712BF4644F2F15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of regulations under this subsection and the admissibility of the record of such proceedings in other proceedings, shall be governed by the provisions of subsections (f) through (i) of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE3E76445371420E873859402D00DC6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>Section 2(q)(2) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261(q)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to clause (B) of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be governed by the provisions of sections 701(e), (f), and (g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That if</quote> and inserting <quote>Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to clause (B) of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be governed by the provisions of subsections (f) through (i) of section 3 of this Act, except that if</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D0413E5F90C4AC4ADCBA080650545E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>ANPR requirement</header><text>Section 3 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1262">15 U.S.C. 1262</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98C4A5B3E2AE4B05958CA21D5F41D541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall be commenced</quote> in subsection (f) and inserting <quote>may be commenced</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17A1F4C349C94FD78694BDE46B8294C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in the notice</quote> in subsection (g)(1) and inserting <quote>in a notice</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AF9EF8AF00F4427A3D283178D999D2D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>unless, not less than 60 days after publication of the notice required in subsection (f), the</quote> in subsection (h) and inserting <quote>unless the</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43D64F9B69C949419C18E140AE758154"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Committee on Commerce</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Representatives.</quote> in subsection (h), and inserting <quote>appropriate Congressional committees. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude any person from submitting an existing standard or portion of a standard as a proposed regulation.</quote></text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AD983B9367441628FB733985C8C7400"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other conforming amendments</header><text>The Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H582675156EF24ABA80D036D8D061D966"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 2 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6EF87ACBB1F246B28F8BAD2CC9B8BD7F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H89A745B9F0D640E8997ECB30C91295F9"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88E0F65C58C54DA299EC97454FB650EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> except—</text>
<clause id="H4A2203D6E1614C61A22811DCD0008191"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 10(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1269">15 U.S.C. 1269(b)</external-xref>);</text></clause>
<clause id="H45E47394985D400C00BD7720A99078E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 14 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1273">15 U.S.C. 1273</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC1AF09F7BD5B488087C600004BE9F1C5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in section 21(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1276">15 U.S.C. 1276(a)</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36B16584021D40838E8613FC7DE63209"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Department</quote> each place it appears, except in sections 5(c)(6)(D)(i) and 14(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264(c)(6)(D)(i)</external-xref> and 1273(b)), and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42333674EE9741D2AF898EC3EFA3059C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he</quote> and <quote>his</quote> each place they appear in reference to the Secretary and inserting <quote>it</quote> and <quote>its</quote>, respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E3D852DD59D4C5A00008BC0346DBFA1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare</quote> each place it appears in section 10(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1269">15 U.S.C. 1269(b)</external-xref>) and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22AD18B1C44F4BA38F8F409B60C18BFF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare</quote> each place it appears in section 14 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1273">15 U.S.C. 1273</external-xref>) and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30677369338B4C6390D7ADA58000DBBD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Department of Health, Education, and Welfare</quote> in section 14(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1273">15 U.S.C. 1273(b)</external-xref>) and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BE6A1364A9E42108319903C1BE489D1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Consumer Product Safety Commission</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD65352AF9CCE474D9606F75FD000D9AE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>)</quote> in section 14(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1273">15 U.S.C. 1273(d)</external-xref>) and section 20(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1275">15 U.S.C. 1275(a)(1)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8399D09971C4439ABABEE67CE0DE10AB"><enum>(J)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) of section 18(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0A7E6CD1018D4525B31146B4E2B82CBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking under Flammable Fabrics Act</header>
<paragraph id="H0991A2612054449DAAB6413CD6B002D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4 of the Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1193">15 U.S.C. 1193</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12C6DDCDB4D54B22B1B8FDC788059BDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall be commenced</quote> in subsection (g) and inserting <quote>may be commenced by a notice of proposed rulemaking or</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BCF0370F0D144B39D433B8975F9F535"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>unless, not less than 60 days after publication of the notice required in subsection (g), the</quote> in subsection (i) and inserting <quote>unless the</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H508D84368C504CA19DFE8400A73E932F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Committee on Commerce</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Representatives.</quote> in subsection (i), and inserting <quote>appropriate Congressional committees. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude any person from submitting an existing standard or portion of a standard as a proposed regulation.</quote></text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AECD825FA244172ACEBE184842600B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other conforming amendments</header><text>The Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1193">15 U.S.C. 1193</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB54B5E7965CC4D03AA871FB7758E09B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (i) of section 2 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1191">15 U.S.C. 1191(i)</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H657992647C4E4EB4A88C8494C8DE44FF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H17CC7D8ABE5049E49875C30068653E66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22177E58C5B24F6FA0DC2B8D00B3528C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary of Commerce</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FC39ABB1F5D469EB3958B5DEC42233E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>, except in sections 9 and 14 (15 U.S.C. 1198 and 1201);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43D40AE1EEAD431E8898C4A9CC78BE48"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he</quote> and <quote>his</quote> each place either such word appears in reference to the Secretary and inserting <quote>it</quote> and <quote>its</quote>, respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF00CBF473BFF46FBA9123F00B0869364"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) of section 4(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1193">15 U.S.C. 1193(e)</external-xref>) and redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C2C8B662ECD488288F81229D53241C5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Consumer Product Safety Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>) in section 15 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1202">15 U.S.C. 1202</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8685AE22B8A4B48ADA5044842BF8365"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by amending subsection (d) of section 16 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1203">15 U.S.C. 1203</external-xref>) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H654A7427F7E94079A8E998817716856E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H942841F83E704C34B98C1832F212700"><enum>(d)</enum><text>In this section, a reference to a flammability standard or other regulation for a fabric, related material, or product in effect under this Act includes a standard of flammability continued in effect by section 11 of the Act of December 14, 1967 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/189">Public Law 90–189</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA3C41836AB2468DB8B0231967DB8795"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Consumer Product Safety Commission</quote> in section 17 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1204">15 U.S.C. 1204</external-xref>) and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H395A2505BABA45269CA88792B3B56423"><enum>205.</enum><header>Inspector general audits and reports</header>
<subsection id="HB5174BCAB5794882BFA6DF94F2D62336"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Improvements by the Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Commission shall conduct reviews and audits to assess—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D5D849843F34CB393B79CC7A5EF500"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commission’s capital improvement efforts, including improvements and upgrades of the Commission’s information technology architecture and systems and the development of the database of publicly available information on incidents involving injury or death required under section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as added by section 212 of this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10E1EAFE2AC14BD0A302181679739F37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the adequacy of procedures for accrediting conformity assessment bodies as authorized by section 14(a)(3) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2063">15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(3)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, and overseeing the third party testing required by such section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDF4AC66A35B3411590DB1E00E824F1FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employee Complaints</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall conduct a review of—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5DC8E3C52384801B7DA5C2543C62204"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complaints received by the Inspector General from employees of the Commission about failures of other employees to enforce the rules or regulations of the Consumer Product Safety Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission or otherwise carry out their responsibilities under such Acts if such alleged failures raise issues of conflicts of interest, ethical violations, or the absence of good faith; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H122B6499958A48199604668DFB30DFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>actions taken by the Commission to address such failures and complaints, including an assessment of the timeliness and effectiveness of such actions.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDA294E06C56D41F0B8CE1EED4784D91B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public internet website links</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall establish and maintain—</text>
<paragraph id="H41E099A23F9E456AA8C0B6681BB06186"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a direct link on the homepage of its Internet website to the Internet webpage of the Commission’s Office of Inspector General; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B36907960E04025B7E671B0194019E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a mechanism on the webpage of the Commission’s Office of Inspector General by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0219D85D2592401DAD186F12091BA0F8" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HE1D9BF7E34EE4C0C97BD678D58264579"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Activities and needs of Inspector General</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Commission shall transmit a report to the appropriate Congressional committees on the activities of the Inspector General, any structural barriers which prevent the Inspector General from providing robust oversight of the activities of the Commission, and any additional authority or resources that would facilitate more effective oversight.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFE880FD60EC41F5B53395EC44497791"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reviews of improvements and employee complaints</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning for fiscal year 2010, the Inspector General of the Commission shall include in an annual report to the appropriate Congressional committees the Inspector General’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the reviews and audits under subsections (a) and (b).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD9D721E16B3A4BCCB3DA8EC87B4B4055" commented="no"><enum>206.</enum><header>Industry-sponsored travel ban</header>
<subsection id="HC79A553C2DAB4BB199D7AFF966403631"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1251">15 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H5F62C825BB074757BF381C42C4733871" commented="no"><enum>39.</enum><header>Prohibition on Industry-sponsored travel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1353">section 1353</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, and section 27(b)(6) of this Act, no Commissioner or employee of the Commission shall accept travel, subsistence, or related expenses with respect to attendance by a Commissioner or employee at any meeting or similar function relating to official duties of a Commissioner or an employee, from a person—</text>
<paragraph id="H1171A0C68412487E83F03EFE82009E02" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>seeking official action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated by, the Commission; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC0BD9023D604A1D8D4449A5836BF43C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the Commissioner’s or employee’s official duties.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HAEC4719B09B3415D807878764B191D62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting at the end the following: </text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 39. Prohibition on industry-sponsored travel.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HD9EA571802754FEB9B862C619532F452"><enum>207.</enum><header>Sharing of information with Federal, State, local, and foreign government agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 29 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2078">15 U.S.C. 2078</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF54566D9CC1B46DFBEC2C6F6745BF27" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HA05403B0D81541A5002599D154597002"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sharing of information with Federal, State, local, and foreign government agencies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE2381636A3743599466905215C00045"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements and conditions</header><text>Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (a)(3) and (b) of section 6, relating to public disclosure of information, the Commission may make information obtained by the Commission available to any Federal, State, local, or foreign government agency upon the prior certification of an appropriate official of any such agency, either by a prior agreement or memorandum of understanding with the Commission or by other written certification, that such material will be maintained in confidence and will be used only for official law enforcement or consumer protection purposes, if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H586921690B174174B32E81A5279EC119"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agency has set forth a bona fide legal basis for its authority to maintain the material in confidence;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5CFBECB0714E46D8936C7FDAE678F650"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the materials are to be used for purposes of investigating, or engaging in enforcement proceedings related to, possible violations of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB6527FDF0CB04CC4A2CE64AF2DCA432C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>laws regulating the manufacture, importation, distribution, or sale of defective or unsafe consumer products, or other practices substantially similar to practices prohibited by any law administered by the Commission;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6696C534A3D8415EB9F76651F3EF6B9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a law administered by the Commission, if disclosure of the material would further a Commission investigation or enforcement proceeding; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H171381036D2F41A6A9E465954EE771A7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to a foreign law enforcement agency, with the approval of the Attorney General, other foreign criminal laws, if such foreign criminal laws are offenses defined in or covered by a criminal mutual legal assistance treaty in force between the government of the United States and the foreign law enforcement agency’s government; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3460416DE0FB4B15BE44E01677B7579E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a foreign government agency, such agency is not from a foreign state that the Secretary of State has determined, in accordance with section 6(j) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EAA79">Export Administration Act of 1979</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2405">50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)</external-xref>), has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, unless and until such determination is rescinded pursuant to section 6(j)(4) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2405">50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(4)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H80C1A2410AB64D5BA2CD4B96242C4207"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Abrogation of agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may abrogate any agreement or memorandum of understanding with another agency if the Commission determines that the other agency has failed to maintain in confidence any information provided under such agreement or memorandum of understanding, or has used any such information for purposes other than those set forth in such agreement or memorandum of understanding.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8E0BD30B00754F809027A73356DA87C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional rules against disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Commission shall not be required to disclose under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law—</text>
<subparagraph id="H632EED40F3FB4A27AC839F7FFD9F4942" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any material obtained from a foreign government agency, if the foreign government agency has requested confidential treatment, or has precluded such disclosure under other use limitations, as a condition of providing the material;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB2548917ECA41D7823289DFA9F14889" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any material reflecting a consumer complaint obtained from any other foreign source, if that foreign source supplying the material has requested confidential treatment as a condition of providing the material; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDB805290F574109905FB9B8B8BCFA36" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any material reflecting a consumer complaint submitted to a Commission reporting mechanism sponsored in part by foreign government agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E9F813E364F4379B501C11073AA12F3" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this subsection authorizes the Commission to withhold information from the Congress or prevent the Commission from complying with an order of a court of the United States in an action commenced by the United States or the Commission.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4A879F6070D844DE80EE258ED2003948"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>foreign government agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D00C2A8D209454A83D199B98D7D88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any agency or judicial authority of a foreign government, including a foreign state, a political subdivision of a foreign state, or a multinational organization constituted by and comprised of foreign states, that is vested with law enforcement or investigative authority in civil, criminal, or administrative matters; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7E69DCB3D2143D896DF8862A300839C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any multinational organization, to the extent that it is acting on behalf of an entity described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H04BB3E83FCB74CB28F6591CF4ED7D173" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Notification to State health departments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Commission is notified of any voluntary corrective action taken by a manufacturer (or a retailer in the case of a retailer selling a product under its own label) in consultation with the Commission, or issues an order under section 15(c) or (d) with respect to any product, the Commission shall notify each State’s health department (or other agency designated by the State) of such voluntary corrective action or order.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H72A482C0DD374DD7AA03AC973EFF4BDE"><enum>208.</enum><header>Employee training exchanges</header>
<subsection id="HE5D625C4BA074539B1742FD0730007C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC74628911624D6EB912E582868B301B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>retain or employ officers or employees of foreign government agencies on a temporary basis pursuant to section 4 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2053">15 U.S.C. 2053</external-xref>) or section <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3101">3101</external-xref> or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">3109</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CDBFD1052C04277A0E31FF28D3BE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>detail officers or employees of the Commission to work on a temporary basis for appropriate foreign government agencies for the purpose of providing or receiving training.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0F78B648CFE04AC29B0999C468D3BF12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reciprocity and Reimbursement</header><text>The Commission may execute the authority contained in subsection (a) with or without reimbursement in money or in kind, and with or without reciprocal arrangements by or on behalf of the foreign government agency involved. Any amounts received as reimbursement for expenses incurred by the Commission under this section shall be credited to the appropriations account from which such expenses were paid. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5B8152CF40D442E6BDDF914E5F94BEF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standards of conduct</header><text>An individual retained or employed under subsection (a)(1) shall be considered to be a Federal employee while so retained or employed, only for purposes of—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D8F72744C1547BCAE82AD94A6DEAA24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>injury compensation as provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and tort claims liability under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04F78C49D04F4A0BBF2D23BB9C40F218"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Ethics in Government Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95F1AA1503FF47A7B95857CA4E79C8F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other statute or regulation governing the conduct of Federal employees.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD5A8BCD9F56D44489956F860EDE56300"><enum>209.</enum><header>Annual reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="HAE718114234143B500D27627A169B63B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 27(j) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2076">15 U.S.C. 2076(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B07C262187049C70034C6989DC7E207"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The Commission</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding section 3003 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1113">31 U.S.C. 1113</external-xref> note), the Commission</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75EB148A41164630964C177000E47714"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="traditional" id="H5CDE79F9F24D452B96E02BCA1BBFC07F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H990F722413724420B180D899D2D6773F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the number and a summary of recall orders issued under section 12 or 15 during such year and a summary of voluntary corrective actions taken by manufacturers in consultation with the Commission of which the Commission has notified the public, and an assessment of such orders and actions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8EBC33E071D445299BA849C15CF285D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF68ADD8F52D24E09A532C175A08E716"><enum>(A)</enum><text>progress reports and incident updates with respect to action plans implemented under section 15(d);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84399FE4A08848EF92C0EDE40098ACE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>statistics with respect to injuries and deaths associated with products that the Commission determines present a substantial product hazard under section 15(c); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47D4EE8CC8954D279756B18FC1340000"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number and type of communication from consumers to the Commission with respect to each product with respect to which the Commission takes action under section 15(d);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H09C1A6F4930F405689449954DD35B533"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to reports submitted for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HB8503E6EBAF8460FB2A62BCEE7E8DB7C"><enum>B</enum><header>Enhanced Enforcement Authority</header>
<section id="H234E29BBEF4F44DD94A6D7D687A538C7"><enum>211.</enum><header>Public disclosure of information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2055">15 U.S.C. 2055</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H26E1BBF190FB49F29F2333A78946EA40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>A manufacturer or private labeler shall submit any such mark within 15 calendar days after the date on which it receives the Commission's offer.</quote> after <quote>paragraph (2).</quote> in subsection (a)(3); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6764542C1264617865D1E23E098A8A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>30 days</quote> in subsection (b)(1) and inserting <quote>15 days</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2B4768294464670812781DA5F7BAD88"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>finds that the public</quote> in subsection (b)(1) and inserting <quote>publishes a finding that the public</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A97371EDBBE466E95BBF206BDA8990"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>notice and publishes such a finding in the Federal Register),</quote> in subsection (b)(1) and inserting <quote>notice),</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD1022CA4A8D4307961497EDD5905D80"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>10 days</quote> in subsection (b)(2) and inserting <quote>5 days</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8D98D0D5D7746639E37282352FBA871"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking <quote>finds that the public</quote> in subsection (b)(2) and inserting <quote>publishes a finding that the public</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0517D17E8BA44CC18F00D5B0CFE48784"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking <quote>notice and publishes such finding in the Federal Register.</quote> in subsection (b)(2) and inserting <quote>notice.</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H325DA50A7EF94112855BBFA92000C08C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6528652486B94FDBA2B7B4044C007477"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(3)(A)</quote>; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1630F997CF694F2D9C43656D00865049"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDE285EAA656D4ED497009BF695353069" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H677DDA05ACFF4159B27144632BF24600"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission determines that the public health and safety requires expedited consideration of an action brought under subparagraph (A), the Commission may file a request with the District Court for such expedited consideration. If the Commission files such a request, the District Court shall—</text>
<clause id="HAA892D7E7A794979A5DE155296B35591"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assign the matter for hearing at the earliest possible date; </text></clause>
<clause id="H37226FE4DF1149AC945B056DBFC973D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>give precedence to the matter, to the greatest extent practicable, over all other matters pending on the docket of the court at the time;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF3757EA98BFF4D90B26BD6BB776D267B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>expedite consideration of the matter to the greatest extent practicable; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H17E977D1445B4545AEAE400EB4BC7EE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>grant or deny the requested injunction within 30 days after the date on which the Commission's request was filed with the court.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE1D0F702C4441D595106532FE23EFA2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 19 (related to prohibited acts);</quote> in subsection (b)(4) and inserting <quote>any consumer product safety rule or provision of this Act or similar rule or provision of any other Act enforced by the Commission;</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFB0115971AF49C08087842F2C009B84"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon in subsection (b)(5)(B); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F9568242328471EA7BFE66443407C63"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by striking <quote>disclosure.</quote> in subsection (b)(5)(C) and inserting <quote>disclosure; or</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F70EB1630F44F04AC72E3B9D6FF7209"><enum>(12)</enum><text>by inserting in subsection (b)(5) after subparagraph (C) the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA046BC35D98144F8AF93EE8D1378DCC9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H708734C1C8994B3984D1F6C57BF8C4EB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commission publishes a finding that the public health and safety requires public disclosure with a lesser period of notice than is required under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0ECB644E67254F5FA4D947B029D43645"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in the matter following subparagraph (D) of subsection (b)(5) (as added by paragraph (12) of this section), by striking <quote>section 19(a),</quote> and inserting <quote>any consumer product safety rule or provision under this Act or similar rule or provision of any other Act enforced by the Commission,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H09B1FBD2FC964EDCAD00858BACBF4E12"><enum>212.</enum><header>Establishment of a public consumer product safety database</header>
<subsection id="HC34C1F8289DA4DB3B84D1329C6DB43B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Act is amended by inserting after section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2055">15 U.S.C. 2055</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<section id="HE60E939191F540D8B3CE23075B5E102C"><enum>6A.</enum><header>Publicly available consumer product safety information database</header>
<subsection id="H21EECC34B12C466C99CFE8B4E6B8DDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Database Required</header>
<paragraph id="H446AECAEFD8044DA9B005F2E0798F943"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Commission shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, establish and maintain a database on the safety of consumer products, and other products or substances regulated by the Commission, that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE012ADD433E14A70B009BC0529B06828"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publicly available;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H025F87E7843249E0B100A06C87606828"><enum>(B)</enum><text>searchable; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94CB6885001E4D708EAF93DD3676BC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>accessible through the Internet website of the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99D10C65DA56438B9FAC19699C6F19B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of detailed implementation plan to congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall transmit to the appropriate Congressional committees a detailed plan for establishing and maintaining the database required by paragraph (1), including plans for the operation, content, maintenance, and functionality of the database. The plan shall detail the integration of the database into the Commission’s overall information technology improvement objectives and plans. The plan submitted under this subsection shall include a detailed implementation schedule for the database, and plans for a public awareness campaign to be conducted by the Commission to increase consumer awareness of the database.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D50CFB38B384ECEA89E42514485A0E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Date of initial availability</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date on which the Commission submits the plan required by paragraph (2), the Commission shall establish the database required by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H153F6C26C4BE453D90E32500BF1CE7ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content and Organization</header>
<paragraph id="H7B7D426FFE8340C39EAA82BC59C10022"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c)(4), the database shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF26DAA9B68D471DA4E98FE63E27E2D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reports of harm relating to the use of consumer products, and other products or substances regulated by the Commission, that are received by the Commission from—</text>
<clause id="H3E908226CC5946CDA247712700B31872"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consumers;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6EB297FA9B814B3EB6FB4D424BCBD004"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local, State, or Federal government agencies;</text></clause>
<clause id="H62BD13EE88D94385BB84024112FFBF00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>health care professionals;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5F6DE6A049384C2C85F987839378A5C2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>child service providers; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H00257C32E8A04DEAAA4B1CE4ECCE45DE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>public safety entities.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6AB421042B44C1C00F237F3FFF49DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Information derived by the Commission from notice under section 15(c) or any notice to the public relating to a voluntary corrective action taken by a manufacturer, in consultation with the Commission, of which action the Commission has notified the public.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD87FE364BB945D28F32E6ED1D9428"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The comments received by the Commission under subsection (c)(2)(A) to the extent requested under subsection (c)(2)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DB8132408834D38AE72AF1BB305D2CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of information</header><text>In implementing the database, the Commission shall establish the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E17A67D78864153A6ECB556A529D1C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Electronic, telephonic, and paper-based means of submitting, for inclusion in the database, reports described in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC03DAE9141674A87B29FB7DD1A632F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A requirement that any report described in paragraph (1)(A) submitted for inclusion in such database include, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="HC4638B55B8EA425BAEBBB00065AA9C50"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the consumer product (or other product or substance regulated by the Commission) concerned;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAE8426701D9A4A409300ECF2726107D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identification of the manufacturer or private labeler of the consumer product (or other product or substance regulated by the Commission);</text></clause>
<clause id="H9A5AB0EBC40C4F8AADB4781CB139FF9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of the harm relating to the use of the consumer product (or other product or substance regulated by the Commission);</text></clause>
<clause id="H5197DDD60AFA4D8F8D5538EAA8395908"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>contact information for the person submitting the report; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H15684CAB5ADC4E2C872B141EF985B0DD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a verification by the person submitting the information that the information submitted is true and accurate to the best of the person’s knowledge and that the person consents that such information be included in the database.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4FFA0BDB64149519E5D85994D7D9011"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>In addition to the reports received under paragraph (1), the Commission shall include in the database, consistent with the requirements of section 6(a) and (b), any additional information it determines to be in the public interest.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B892DDEE1BB46898921AFEFC0FD001B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Organization of database</header><text>The Commission shall categorize the information available on the database in a manner consistent with the public interest and in such manner as it determines to facilitate easy use by consumers and shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the database is sortable and accessible by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA8F6AC198CD84901BFA025974D9F7C64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date on which information is submitted for inclusion in the database;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3536D1C05BBD49A48BDC3E979900EAAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name of the consumer product (or other product or substance regulated by the Commission);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5251648E1939498A00DCB288C889CD8F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the model name;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95F682951BFB45450049ADF459308261"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the manufacturer’s or private labeler’s name; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5F6BFB1954B452B8CD07307EBB0066"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such other elements as the Commission considers in the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C0CE251A3FD45AEA8721FE8C2D1E2F8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notice requirements</header><text>The Commission shall provide clear and conspicuous notice to users of the database that the Commission does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the database.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C0D404030634FFC86C1690259443D39"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Availability of contact information</header><text>The Commission may not disclose, under this section, the name, address, or other contact information of any individual or entity that submits to the Commission a report described in paragraph (1)(A), except that the Commission may provide such information to the manufacturer or private labeler of the product with the express written consent of the person submitting the information. Consumer information provided to a manufacturer or private labeler under this section may not be used or disseminated to any other party for any purpose other than verifying a report submitted under paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H611724A03A384BB39659B1B8D888C4BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedural Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H2693A863FA6C415C9F673335CC0483F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transmission of reports to manufacturers and private labelers</header><text>Not later than 5 business days after the Commission receives a report described in subsection (b)(1)(A) which includes the information required by subsection (b)(2)(B), the Commission shall to the extent practicable transmit the report, subject to subsection (b)(6), to the manufacturer or private labeler identified in the report.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7699D618A3CA48EFBAA5A419B78487CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Opportunity to comment</header>
<subparagraph id="HF27737A74EB3441AAA384B994DA73E87"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Commission transmits a report under paragraph (1) to a manufacturer or private labeler, the Commission shall provide such manufacturer or private labeler an opportunity to submit comments to the Commission on the information contained in such report.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB79792A4747E403300AA212F4672DC1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Request for inclusion in database</header><text>A manufacturer or private labeler may request the Commission to include its comments in the database.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H241259CBFB884A430078E6E57B24BE9B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Confidential matter</header>
<clause id="H514B0958606741D98B94136FA13B4B36"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission transmits a report received under paragraph (1) to a manufacturer or private labeler, the manufacturer or private labeler may review the report for confidential information and request that portions of the report identified as confidential be so designated.</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE769348E4764E22AA3E3CE9F467B8CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Redaction</header><text>If the Commission determines that the designated information contains, or relates to, a trade secret or other matter referred to in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1905">section 1905</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, or that is subject to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)(4)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, the Commission shall redact the designated information in the report before it is placed in the database.</text></clause>
<clause id="H97196DF34C4848BEABBE3B0005E7E412"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Review</header><text>If the Commission determines that the designated information is not confidential under clause (ii), the Commission shall notify the manufacturer or private labeler and include the information in the database. The manufacturer or private labeler may bring an action in the district court of the United States in the district in which the complainant resides, or has its principal place of business, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to seek removal of the information from the database.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBC801E7DB004501BD9865214F2F2ED7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication of reports and comments</header>
<subparagraph id="H4D0607A839D94EDAAE69007110AA90AE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4)(A), if the Commission receives a report described in subsection (b)(1)(A), the Commission shall make the report available in the database not later than the 10th business day after the date on which the Commission transmits the report under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H031CAAAF56D2478E9C3C8832CAD10561"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comments</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4)(A), if the Commission receives a comment under paragraph (2)(A) with respect to a report described in subsection (b)(1)(A) and a request with respect to such comment under paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection, the Commission shall make such comment available in the database at the same time as such report or as soon as practicable thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9A20202FD1648EAAF6ECB6443FE82F0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inaccurate information</header>
<subparagraph id="H5B8F63FAD5244F699BC33B1F96125F2E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Inaccurate information in reports and comments received</header><text>If, prior to making a report described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or a comment described in paragraph (2) of this subsection available in the database, the Commission determines that the information in such report or comment is materially inaccurate, the Commission shall—</text>
<clause id="H844A959001874786819316D441C1103B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>decline to add the materially inaccurate information to the database;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1FABF21473F24AB48DB63CC2F785EA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>correct the materially inaccurate information in the report or comment and add the report or comment to the database; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HD9A94F6B33FE4E9BA524D0C1B4B5D7D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>add information to correct inaccurate information in the database.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA458FD5475F943CFBE553876A8061085"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inaccurate information in database</header><text>If the Commission determines, after investigation, that information previously made available in the database is materially inaccurate or duplicative of information in the database, the Commission shall, not later than 7 business days after such determination—</text>
<clause id="HCEB8D9401C194CC0A7A07CD88C616C90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remove such information from the database; </text></clause>
<clause id="HC0686326CC67476099EEA4151D3E3957"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>correct such information; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HE241D346A04A4D2FB97162833363FBE5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">add information to correct inaccurate information in the database.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDCC605833326432CA4BE05D902B0453D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual Report</header><text>The Commission shall submit to the appropriate Congressional committees an annual report on the database, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H44F553A4555643479570DE55B7B6C500"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the operation, content, maintenance, functionality, and cost of the database for the reporting year; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B0B87C3442848058D4CFCD800E29D74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of reports and comments for the year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9CD2BB168AB8436EB8BD97B93C52BFFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received by the Commission under this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33F8E9629C35444289B95B437D4EDA91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>posted on the database; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1677953087D4417BBF47C75FC94DEF1B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>corrected on or removed from the database.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H81002230A430405B9E1E9B64EF3C1FD0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>GAO Study</header><text>Within 2 years after the date on which the Commission establishes the database under this section, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the appropriate Congressional committees containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HD61537279CD843CA84931F3529A178F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of the general utility of the database, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB03EDCB3B7DA46FC997763BCF7D8CF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the extent of use of the database by consumers, including whether the database is accessed by a broad range of the public and whether consumers find the database to be useful; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28C84AADB8B54884821E1BD810BEAFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>efforts by the Commission to inform the public about the database; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF7AD9A8447D483DA3EF00242D7431BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for measures to increase use of the database by consumers and to ensure use by a broad range of the public.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1656AD7C9A35437091C1691BDD60F555"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Application of Certain Notice and Disclosure Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HAF05E673DF024D2FAFEC46417E877301"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The provisions of section 6(a) and (b) shall not apply to the disclosure under this section of a report described in subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52453FAA67BD4B739E83658E91084952"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to exempt from the requirements of section 6(a) and (b) information received by the Commission under—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD32056B27E89434588681DADC03FB52D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 15(b); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71F47B168919446D95AA92E9C37E4BBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other mandatory or voluntary reporting program established between a retailer, manufacturer, or private labeler and the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4A5DE486715B4849872EA7EF2ED382C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Harm Defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>harm</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E6BE3ADC84C4B6999763967DE3501A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>injury, illness, or death; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD2A8701DD8C4134AD976DE3E502771F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>risk of injury, illness, or death, as determined by the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H50C181757A3B4D74B7C1DF2DB875F39C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Upgrade of Commission Information Technology Systems</header><text>The Commission shall expedite efforts to upgrade and improve the information technology systems in use by the Commission on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5E55DA5DCCDD48CE9922ADD76AB112B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051</external-xref> note), as amended by section 206, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 6A. Publicly available consumer product safety information database.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H7638732F3F8E481490489B62E0214BC2"><enum>213.</enum><header>Prohibition on stockpiling under other Commission-enforced statutes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(g)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2058">15 U.S.C. 2058(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3722D0A6E2EF494EAFA6F63D1CD4D5F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or to which a rule under this Act or similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission applies,</quote> after <quote>applies,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFDEE6EA4E5F45FFB63C40ECCEE8B844"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>consumer product safety rule</quote> the second, third, and fourth places it appears, and inserting <quote>rule, regulation, standard, or ban</quote> .</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H418ECBD088F04DD5BE7F5B60403EFF13" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>214.</enum><header>Enhanced recall authority and corrective action plans</header>
<subsection id="H4BA9DD747C9F4AA09DA8A884BCF90B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enhanced Recall Authority</header><text>Section 15 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2064">15 U.S.C. 2064</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H245C6033986E45C3B79C212D25960468" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by inserting <quote>under this Act or a similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission</quote> after <quote>consumer product safety rule</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB16348C8A6114067B8D9E899330766AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE37D8797496B4DB386D6509D024709E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>consumer product distributed in commerce,</quote> and inserting <quote>consumer product, or other product or substance over which the Commission has jurisdiction under any other Act enforced by the Commission (other than motor vehicle equipment as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30102">section 30102(a)(7)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code), distributed in commerce,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H467C81B3398948A780FEF1A200C7D500" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H599C128FC29142C0A699DCA97BD1CD00" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDE7E5A4B12854BD0B882D5F04BB3788E">
<paragraph id="HF2C2B7A7497B441E84B18D09B662C98B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fails to comply with any other rule, regulation, standard, or ban under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H303E0DE1B5EB475D90DF092813DD95" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>A report provided under paragraph (2) may not be used as the basis for criminal prosecution of the reporting person under section 5 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264</external-xref>), except for offenses which require a showing of intent to defraud or mislead.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB780AAC8BA3F4CA98289D018CF90B3BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23CB40981D93459B85191CDB00FAD177"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after the subsection designation; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6FFD200B1E84BB1A35E665B9D10D327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or if the Commission, after notifying the manufacturer, determines a product to be an imminently hazardous consumer product and has filed an action under section 12,</quote> after <quote>from such substantial product hazard,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50EDD7B3C39C4B9EA03338FEE19E7F61"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (D) through (F), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75DE262DDC604C4ABB31A4C06400F5B1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>the following actions:</quote> the following:</text>
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<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H23B052B725674CAE943CB311E6BBA5A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To cease distribution of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H7E4BCE30B0D342CEA277BABDF31A1B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To notify all persons that transport, store, distribute, or otherwise handle the product, or to which the product has been transported, sold, distributed, or otherwise handled, to cease immediately distribution of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HA4467A4E2CE44AD89798002BCCB6002E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To notify appropriate State and local public health officials.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15794C3E1F464B53A2425BB310EB7C65"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>comply.</quote> in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and inserting <quote>comply, including posting clear and conspicuous notice on its Internet website, providing notice to any third party Internet website on which such manufacturer, retailer, distributor, or licensor has placed the product for sale, and announcements in languages other than English and on radio and television where the Commission determines that a substantial number of consumers to whom the recall is directed may not be reached by other notice.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE1BC16ED9C54078A300994EF496B4E1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3C264A7690414C3181D5DA863F00D66D">
<paragraph id="HA7569B0328204E16B7EA140358B5B658" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission may require a notice described in paragraph (1) to be distributed in a language other than English if the Commission determines that doing so is necessary to adequately protect the public.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H981A3CB7E3324347A987C47BA6D7BCF4" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If a district court determines, in an action filed under section 12, that the product that is the subject of such action is not an imminently hazardous consumer product, the Commission shall rescind any order issued under this subsection with respect to such product.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H901BE5374967434DB30061497F187128"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2B0CC90DE954D92B66534F74B21CEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An order</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an order</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HACBFBFDE67804F2294D8F6BAF0422943"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCFCA4CD18A654D32AEF84B7C69AEA381">
<paragraph id="H9547B287F4B4433B98AD83F26D3E0046" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The requirement for a hearing in paragraph (1) shall not apply to an order issued under subsection (c) or (d) relating to an imminently hazardous consumer product with regard to which the Commission has filed an action under section 12.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H62C7CB8F651C4091B8338363F1099D41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corrective Action Plans</header><text>Section 15(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2064">15 U.S.C. 2064(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC061FB90547A4721A5B368050402D17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after the subsection designation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9A238DB04F5403580DE00A3C5F62B14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to provide the notice required by subsection (c) and</quote> after <quote>such product</quote> the first place it appears;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0870D0C585C94A598D154F07E17180FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>whichever of the following actions the person to whom the order is directed elects:</quote> and inserting <quote>any one or more of the following actions it determines to be in the public interest:</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE46F20663ED46ADB79643B0FFDA6F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA49426707EB4837B441D7A6E500F8AD" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>consumer product safety rule</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>rule, regulation, standard, or ban</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48F612346D104E8ABAE17EFFE5A3D277"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking <quote>more (A)</quote> in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, and inserting <quote>more (i)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3904E2B30785466692B9DB4B24BDEF15"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or (B)</quote> in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, and inserting <quote>or (ii)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B4BDA3F4BBA4977852D5C4FB457AD00"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An order under this subsection may</quote> and inserting:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB44D3465ED0B4312B5ED9BB6B052CF8">
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H33C97F6F1825459397042F1023626B43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An order under this subsection shall</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3257246AC754A7EA2E443B4DD25B103"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by striking <quote>satisfactory to the Commission,</quote> and inserting <quote>for approval by the Commission,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A7D40211BA64D3886CFF5D331AB3E11" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraphs of this subsection under which such person has elected to act</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs under which such person has been ordered to act</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H577A7C82395340D991B832DBA9967378"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by striking <quote>if the person to whom the order is directed elects to take the action described in paragraph (3)</quote> and insert <quote>if the Commission orders the action described in subparagraph (C)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEEB595560F204A619D6E177E14E85973"><enum>(12)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If an order under this subsection is directed</quote> and all that follows through <quote>has the election under this subsection</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1469B0D230E49269C7EEEEB53881C69"><enum>(13)</enum><text>by striking <quote>described in paragraph (3).</quote> and inserting <quote>described in paragraph (1)(C).</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9237564835174136A8B5C6FAFB5E7845"><enum>(14)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H402298E1406145659CEDAE5DEC000000">
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HE37111685E17490EA75E46B91FF7DF9"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4809842AA28A411AAA17004DB0AB0069"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If the Commission approves an action plan, it shall indicate its approval in writing.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HD74D82E9ED8F4D11B70059DA9B8CDC60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the Commission finds that an approved action plan is not effective or appropriate under the circumstances, or that the manufacturer, retailer, or distributor is not executing an approved action plan effectively, the Commission may, by order, amend, or require amendment of, the action plan. In determining whether an approved plan is effective or appropriate under the circumstances, the Commission shall consider whether a repair or replacement changes the intended functionality of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H34D9A029EC8A4EFB95E1ED145CB85538"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If the Commission determines, after notice and opportunity for comment, that a manufacturer, retailer, or distributor has failed to comply substantially with its obligations under its action plan, the Commission may revoke its approval of the action plan. The manufacturer, retailer, or distributor to which the action plan applies may not distribute in commerce the product to which the action plan relates after receipt of notice of a revocation of the action plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H538EBBF085F34A6FA2EF3E24B5005564"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Content of notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2064">15 U.S.C. 2064</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H8D3EBFAEB9174510B5CBA500FD3F6C76"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirements for Recall Notices</header>
<paragraph id="H4E9E13D0657F4B4492D600EEFD1D1D69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall, by rule, establish guidelines setting forth a uniform class of information to be included in any notice required under an order under subsection (c) or (d) of this section or under section 12. Such guidelines shall include any information that the Commission determines would be helpful to consumers in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDED608D5E31840F98B7EB9F21DB59913"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying the specific product that is subject to such an order; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H923EC1A8DB7242B6A162A3BF003DA547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>understanding the hazard that has been identified with such product (including information regarding incidents or injuries known to have occurred involving such product); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C465FE927554A28A1F3E9AFCEE9B51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>understanding what remedy, if any, is available to a consumer who has purchased the product. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8058221AB2624A6BBBCF48100060CD0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>Except to the extent that the Commission determines with respect to a particular product that one or more of the following items is unnecessary or inappropriate under the circumstances, the notice shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AF820D76EDE4E23A4A31D951CF4CF7D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>description of the product, including—</text>
<clause id="HA3E7AE42E8AE4D12AFABF6FC902BDEEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the model number or stock keeping unit (SKU) number of the product;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDDF32ACA793F47C59491533805BC9DD2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the names by which the product is commonly known; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H745F0148E13D4F66BABC2B6100AF9EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a photograph of the product. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B16A8FED3C44BB9825C73372BD34BC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the action being taken with respect to the product. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H134D8493A15E479100C91BDE53588000"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of units of the product with respect to which the action is being taken.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5F4F742B35B42F4AD2E3B52CBD39327"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of the substantial product hazard and the reasons for the action.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H741EBFD541C84728B3E75ED93BCA5088"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An identification of the manufacturers and significant retailers of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2F31B2B19D74C778F698E91003CF326"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The dates between which the product was manufactured and sold. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88242351DDEF40A3008DCD3A2F9C8E5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The number and a description of any injuries or deaths associated with the product, the ages of any individuals injured or killed, and the dates on which the Commission received information about such injuries or deaths. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2891603FAC1745E4B1EE485F189BE79"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A description of—</text>
<clause id="HACD2BE0A8FD5453BAC7EFC0249209F97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any remedy available to a consumer; </text></clause>
<clause id="HF7816C8580D04EE7BD9301BB51586F5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any action a consumer must take to obtain a remedy; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H8176B60B6AF24AE9920028DB9233D1D8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any information a consumer needs in order to obtain a remedy or information about a remedy, such as mailing addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4A93829EA8F4D2993522134D09ED2CE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Other information the Commission deems appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H42A006B9BE2B4A55926BB223894B84EB"><enum>215.</enum><header>Inspection of firewalled conformity assessment bodies; identification of supply chain</header>
<subsection id="HC80F1FD944884A9D8701D61E2B5E31E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inspection of firewalled conformity assessment body</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2065">15 U.S.C. 2065(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7AE6F5D1226F492486976E44D4122CD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(B) any firewalled conformity assessment bodies accredited under section 14(f)(2)(D), or (C)</quote> in paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAA2FAD127144200A1664089FB1F3C27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>firewalled conformity assessment body,</quote> after <quote>factory,</quote> in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H10E0C58878094B6FB436C87D19C21C26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification of manufacturers, importers, retailers, and distributors</header><text>Section 16 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2065">15 U.S.C. 2065</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HC5D5900424084D4EB3AD4978D1705C00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification of manufacturers, importers, retailers, and distributors</header><text>Upon request by an officer or employee duly designated by the Commission—</text>
<paragraph id="H61A1DCCF149C4165A406B89B06701071"><enum>(1)</enum><text>every importer, retailer, or distributor of a consumer product (or other product or substance over which the Commission has jurisdiction under this or any other Act) shall identify the manufacturer of that product by name, address, or such other identifying information as the officer or employee may request, to the extent that such information is known or can be readily determined by the importer, retailer, or distributor; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA9CDB9D98474BF98F26B56FFA624369"><enum>(2)</enum><text>every manufacturer shall identify by name, address, or such other identifying information as the officer or employee may request—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC681AB45733C4BC89673A1F0EDF57BE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each retailer or distributor to which the manufacturer directly supplied a given consumer product (or other product or substance over which the Commission has jurisdiction under this or any other Act);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H180011E5E52D4EE7AB5434C7741ECFCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each subcontractor involved in the production or fabrication of such product or substance; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5922E5460EBD4C98B630DB092D4C02F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>each subcontractor from which the manufacturer obtained a component thereof.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC9BCFA68B4D843C1AA22BB523CD69E10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 16 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2065">15 U.S.C. 2065</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDFB59971A4646A7B1D96B4FA8BA1852"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Inspection.—</header-in-text></quote> after the subsection designation; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C6EB00B5E1A4840A9ECF22C668C8CC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Recordkeeping.—</header-in-text></quote> after the subsection designation. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HE30494DB116046BCB4054EA8AF3EC01B"><enum>216.</enum><header>Prohibited acts</header>
<subsection id="H81B9E0791F2849C6A5580997F5D754B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sale of recalled products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 19(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2068">15 U.S.C. 2068(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3D26FF32B21E4EDB95D548121E3F1BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H61F2CD8BD968478F8E175029FD83849F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any consumer product, or other product or substance that is regulated under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, that is not in conformity with an applicable consumer product safety rule under this Act, or any similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6F2C2FA08FD4A8BAF71EFBD594CDB40"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any consumer product, or other product or substance that is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCE6F525767B04D92A0BC883C8E04AEF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer, in consultation with the Commission, of which action the Commission has notified the public or if the seller, distributor, or manufacturer knew or should have known of such voluntary corrective action;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6FCE3348D0584816A78169C9C56856CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>subject to an order issued under section 12 or 15 of this Act; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92719452FD684192AC0028D6C63184CD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of section 2(q)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FHSA">Federal Hazardous Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261(q)(1)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF5EE501DEB04672B27E7521ECBB875D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H960E30E4C8AB4C05A3624918F5ABF276"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fail to furnish a certificate required by this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, or to issue a false certificate if such person in the exercise of due care has reason to know that the certificate is false or misleading in any material respect; or to fail to comply with any requirement of section 14 (including the requirement for tracking labels) or any rule or regulation under such section;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0B55733EB47E45A9B434517EE17FC867"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon in paragraph (7);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA6C10888BC34F42A1A981CAC70C2EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon in paragraph (8);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H880BDB468953433884541F8570002320"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>insulation).</quote> in paragraph (9) and inserting <quote>insulation);</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FD77F12CDEE43D68D110201C7043339"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBE1CF1F7DD3B493288EF96BDE6F08BF9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5AA33FFAD7C84EDEA8BC01EBCF94E7FF" commented="no"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sell, offer for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any consumer product bearing a registered safety certification mark owned by an accredited conformity assessment body, which mark is known, or should have been known, by such person to be used in a manner unauthorized by the owner of that certification mark;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7ED3CE4C75024D7C83C6011B54FDD8BD" commented="no"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">misrepresent to any officer or employee of the Commission the scope of consumer products subject to an action required under section 12 or 15, or to make a material misrepresentation to such an officer or employee in the course of an investigation under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DF956E73729410EACCDE50023ED265E" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exercise, or attempt to exercise, undue influence on a third party conformity assessment body (as defined in section 14(f)(2)) with respect to the testing, or reporting of the results of testing, of any product for compliance under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7136E1D2F3264E4AB59158B8217FB058" commented="no"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">export from the United States for purpose of sale any consumer product, or other product or substance regulated by the Commission (other than a consumer product or substance, the export of which is permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 17(e)) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C94F33D94A24ED99FD39D00AC0C9C9" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is subject to an order issued under section 12 or 15 of this Act or is a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of section 2(q)(1) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261(q)(1)</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3475E3FB900148EE88BCAD4038A21964" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is subject to a voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer, in consultation with the Commission, of which action the Commission has notified the public; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H815491C23D654663AC45DE78B8909072" commented="no"><enum>(16)</enum><text>violate an order of the Commission issued under section 18(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB51AED9F1C13433988C2BD000096B43F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 17(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="traditional" id="H4F477DE3303947FDA3CBAA7488E1700" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H56E5488253D041B09D1BF36D3965ED74"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not accompanied by a certificate required by this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, or is accompanied by a false certificate, if the manufacturer in the exercise of due care has reason to know that the certificate is false or misleading in any material respect, or is not accompanied by any label or certificate (including tracking labels) required under section 14 or any rule or regulation under such section;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H7C9B7169569146A698AACA0905EDEAD"><enum>217.</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5D225904DE224D92A825E100424BA3F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum civil penalties of the Consumer Product Safety Commission</header>
<paragraph id="H02C5519B9D8149EE91421346FFE7D207" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consumer Product Safety Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2069">15 U.S.C. 2069(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H881CA08AF5A04D82B3116800F81B36EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BF4F4F6380A435C891E8B8067FDB35B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$1,250,000</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5103DF3DC954A6B973146E4816B3F55"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>December 1, 1994,</quote> in paragraph (3)(B) and inserting <quote>December 1, 2011,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80D98AEF9C044695A32BDAAA6CAD9C5D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal Hazardous Substances Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(c)(1) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB396C83966B1472789CED812E100C423"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H291AA2C882A949F6A696CE32BCDEC194"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$1,250,000</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C1C263E0C7E4A2E98FBA8CC47626CEA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>December 1, 1994,</quote> in paragraph (6)(B) and inserting <quote>December 1, 2011,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FC920078F55485DB41E939F0090BDA2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Flammable Fabrics Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(e)(1) of the Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1194">15 U.S.C. 1194(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2300F6425644A34B2F900CD00AFF542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1D7EEE7E0D947E5AFAAD1B911734698"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$1,250,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE35D10FB919D441B8FFCB0867D8D73D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 1, 1994,</quote> in paragraph (6)(B) and inserting <quote>December 1, 2011,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDA224EFD0D844B3BAC3C7AF9FFE2FBA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date that is the earlier of the date on which final regulations are issued under subsection (b)(2) or 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0FD5EB63D6184E3B9471B600E1754C2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of penalties by the Consumer Product Safety Commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H851DDB78270F4AF8ACD35C019EEACFB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Factors to be considered</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDED9ED0BB2C541D589A338084800C108"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consumer Product Safety Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2069">15 U.S.C. 2069</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HDDC4A1D346134EDA8E74F417A54861A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subclause id="H812BB05800CC46EDB0BB24A335951D4F" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, including</quote> after <quote>shall consider</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1A6A632C1EA547F7B3F696900347705"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>products distributed, and</quote> and inserting <quote>products distributed,</quote> ; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2051D3C49B584C6F81520056EF1B1D09" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including how to mitigate undue adverse economic impacts on small businesses, and such other factors as appropriate</quote> before the period; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H04C4A5D7CB484E80AF81032621F07441"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subclause id="HAB2BA36C5CF444E8822FF4FE8D130000"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including how to mitigate undue adverse economic impacts on small businesses, the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, including</quote> after <quote>person charged</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC856C7F80B4F485986BEF75E069D079B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and such other factors as appropriate</quote> after <quote>products distributed</quote>. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEFE6AF3023F44DDC8F0271DB9952E502"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal Hazardous Substances Act</header><text>Section 5(c) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HFAB7257B787741B0A785288D6DF12E52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause id="H799AD2BBD0DA43D9A2176C8382005830" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, including</quote> after <quote>shall consider</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H70D1A8D5AD354825BCE73FCBD453D100" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>substance distributed, and</quote> and inserting <quote>substance distributed,</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5161E26B127647CF9F0668603829D27F" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including how to mitigate undue adverse economic impacts on small businesses, and such other factors as appropriate</quote> before the period; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H8008EA0F3DAF4F8BA208A58927862D04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subclause id="H4F083E5584254FDC9960D090FAD56C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including how to mitigate undue adverse economic impacts on small businesses, the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, including</quote> after <quote>person charged</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1645AB2AACE04CFEA92D4D4C8BEDFE00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and such other factors as appropriate</quote> after <quote>substance distributed</quote>. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB5944FB480640A4BC00CC5E4F00B323"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Flammable Fabrics Act</header><text>Section 5(e) of the Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1194">15 U.S.C. 1194(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H884BD3F8AD0A4068942B4F54C11887D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="HA73A9B0A3544431A8E5757E834901312" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>nature and number</quote> and inserting <quote>nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H665F7F24F38B43E39C62AD982614EB86" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>absence of injury, and</quote> and inserting <quote>absence of injury,</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9CF97F72FE324322855EA6713BA11600" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and such other factors as appropriate</quote> before the period; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H75AB4AE6802E43AA96ABF02FA2BB82CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause id="H0D0B94A03D7447D590BAE5FB1B9758"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>nature and number</quote> and inserting <quote>nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H88EB9F2235234C07A6201C31E2DC614C" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>absence of injury, and</quote> and inserting <quote>absence of injury,</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8B180150D1324BF1BEBF9ECD7C1820F7" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and such other factors as appropriate</quote> before the period.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9DCF8B5699F647CA8DB174FE79158C83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil penalty criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and in accordance with the procedures of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, the Commission shall issue a final regulation providing its interpretation of the penalty factors described in section 20(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2069">15 U.S.C. 2069(b)</external-xref>), section 5(c)(3) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264(c)(3)</external-xref>), and section 5(e)(2) of the Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1194">15 U.S.C. 1194(e)(2)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H319AB6B9558C4E9BAC6627003B1C1239"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criminal Penalties</header>
<paragraph id="H8183E8FD980241D18B6DFF623B2CBFCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 21(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2070">15 U.S.C. 2070(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H164D982399ED47688FAC3F50A8D11214"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Violation of section 19 of this Act is punishable by—</text>
<paragraph id="H71AC0F20A65741CC9F3115802BF95F08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>imprisonment for not more than 5 years for a knowing and willful violation of that section;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9614D1BCF1946F2B8EA7EF57DD1E79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a fine determined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3571">section 3571</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2D9B739CC9940BAA4DF94112C8824AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>both.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC0CA0D36C5C412500E0FBA96811D87C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Directors, officers, and agents</header><text>Section 21(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2070">15 U.S.C. 2070(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>19, and who has knowledge of notice of noncompliance received by the corporation from the Commission,</quote> and inserting <quote>19</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB139BBFA5A744289A7D5EF7EE1FBB2AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Under the federal hazardous substances act</header><text>Section 5(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FHSA">Federal Hazardous Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>one year, or a fine of not more than $3,000, or both such imprisonment and fine.</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years, a fine determined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3571">section 3571</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, or both.</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB4AB86534964EFBA8BDCEBDC8B11C23"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Under the <act-name parsable-cite="FFA">Flammable Fabrics Act</act-name></header><text>Section 7 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FFA">Flammable Fabrics Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1196">15 U.S.C. 1196</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HCA6BC7340B1E4A7392069850D05F6637"><enum>7.</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Violation of section 3 or 8(b) of this Act, or failure to comply with section 15(c) of this Act, is punishable by—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F1AC709184343398F7D1136A3C2008E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>imprisonment for not more than 5 years for a knowing and willful violation of that section;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF0F639F9ED5431BBED441DD83024081"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a fine determined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3571">section 3571</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E78E25BB87148699CF34E4100A7DDAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>both.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H195FF955F861472C91B2E99900F9657F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criminal Penalties To Include Asset Forfeiture</header><text>Section 21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2070">15 U.S.C. 2070</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HCD021A9977914C9F845611CFD89C9959"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEAAEB890F77B4DDD910600CB18BD88F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In addition to the penalties provided by subsection (a), the penalty for a criminal violation of this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission may include the forfeiture of assets associated with the violation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HE658EB166A814662ACA26645809F4644"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term <term>criminal violation</term> means a violation of this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission for which the violator is sentenced to pay a fine, be imprisoned, or both.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H55000ED383A549FCBECB28282DDA20F4"><enum>218.</enum><header>Enforcement by State attorneys general</header>
<subsection id="HE99D23097F194BAC9F005103B581CBB8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Section 24 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2073">15 U.S.C. 2073</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H06D7A93DAA964D38A037B0C8CDAFD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text>private</header-in-text></quote> in the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text>additional</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D3EDD00204A49E99DDF2F7C126CB089"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection">In General</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>Any interested person</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H758DEEDFF9D34F6A875DDC9089EF9E21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA2A6041347FB43CFB61F7E19432C1B5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State Attorney General Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="H8A166410E09940F0B3ADB65089409969"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Right of action</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (5), the attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of section 19(a)(1), (2), (5), (6), (7), (9), or (12) of this Act that affects or may affect such State or its residents may bring an action on behalf of the residents of the State in any United States district court for the district in which the defendant is found or transacts business to obtain appropriate injunctive relief.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8832D94F15A4D8EB0687B28487C28D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initiation of civil action</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H130F9F9C91EA48FCB8265E398B04E3AF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice to Commission required in all cases</header><text>A State shall provide written notice to the Commission regarding any civil action under paragraph (1). Except when proceeding under subparagraph (C), the State shall provide the notice at least 30 days before the date on which the State intends to initiate the civil action by filing a complaint.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H318390560B4C4DF1B75B5EEF49602E19" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Filing of complaint</header><text>A State may initiate the civil action by filing a complaint—</text>
<clause id="H619139BE45F044EC8EF500905FB680C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at any time after the date on which the 30-day period ends; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HB677E59C466D494BBF22FF649977FB56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>earlier than such date if the Commission consents to an earlier initiation of the civil action by the State.<italic></italic></text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AE3307519D546578FD0FD7192ED599D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Actions involving substantial product hazard</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), a State may initiate a civil action under paragraph (1) by filing a complaint immediately after notifying the Commission of the State’s determination that such immediate action is necessary to protect the residents of the State from a substantial product hazard (as defined in section 15(a)).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H551024D342DD4A4F993109763B3D9901"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Form of notice</header><text>The written notice required by this paragraph may be provided by electronic mail, facsimile machine, or any other means of communication accepted by the Commission.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0DEDAFD1DD51465A9E2B0017A0186445"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Copy of complaint</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall provide a copy of the complaint to the Commission upon filing the complaint or as soon as possible thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF3D6FEC0E694DCF9002AD8CF05B62A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intervention by the Commission</header><text>The Commission may intervene in such civil action and upon intervening—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D6C324494DA485DB0BF24288FBD745B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be heard on all matters arising in such civil action; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC46F94A2BC1407D00D034EC05CBBB00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>file petitions for appeal of a decision in such civil action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FFC052E628844E89E083488E8A6B8B6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section, section 5(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FHSA">Federal Hazardous Substances Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1264">15 U.S.C. 1264(d)</external-xref>), section 9 of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970, or section 5(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FFA">Flammable Fabrics Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1194">15 U.S.C. 1194(d)</external-xref>) shall be construed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H801198CABABB41BDA1D94B2FB8C2F94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent the attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general, or other authorized State officer, by the laws of such State; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H990490F758FB4ED1B51023292BDF1FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prohibit the attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, from proceeding in State or Federal court on the basis of an alleged violation of any civil or criminal statute of that State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0FE2CF3B85947BD9BF08B5FD74320B9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No separate suit shall be brought under this subsection (other than a suit alleging a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of section 19(a)) if, at the time the suit is brought, the same alleged violation is the subject of a pending civil or criminal action by the United States under this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB32CD13E28A54B278B061CCCBF276405"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Restrictions on private counsel</header><text>If private counsel is retained to assist in any civil action under paragraph (1), the private counsel retained to assist the State may not—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC31F81EABA954ACC9B173EE13E009C94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>share with participants in other private civil actions that arise out of the same operative facts any information that is—</text>
<clause id="HAB388C45C0DE4594957DAED764C9EAEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subject to attorney-client or work product privilege; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4701BF5B8D014CED8D90DC88A0D25154"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was obtained during discovery in the action under paragraph (1); or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05C66DAB85F54A0D8934B68788F383B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use any information that is subject to attorney-client or work product privilege that was obtained while assisting the State in the action under paragraph (1) in any other private civil actions that arise out of the same operative facts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAA883367B9E64287AE978283D94F2BAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HBDB20CBEB97A48B28E8F3687C19DD132"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Poison prevention packaging act</header><text>The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1471">15 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HE35346BE64CF46C19F01AEFA599CF38F"><enum>9.</enum><header>Enforcement by State attorneys general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of a standard or rule promulgated under section 3 that affects or may affect such State or its residents, may bring an action on behalf of the residents of the State in any United States district court for the district in which the defendant is found or transacts business to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. The procedural requirements of section 24(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2073">15 U.S.C. 2073(b)</external-xref>) shall apply to any such action.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A04C6315A534D27A5D84986AD957DF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051</external-xref> note) is amended by striking the item relating to section 24 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="Consumer Product Safety Act" id="H2026F3D12A394075856358C580E41600">
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 24. Additional enforcement of product safety rules and of section 15 orders.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HF16AE9373A024E7E865BB8777F47E644" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>219.</enum><header>Whistleblower protections</header>
<subsection id="HA621F2BF9BE048100091823657A9B5D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 206 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HE64164584E014A27B94EA89C17E3C3EA"><enum>40.</enum><header>Whistleblower protection</header>
<subsection display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD19AA47ED6184320A38EFEC582E7468"><enum>(a)</enum><text>No manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer, may discharge an employee or otherwise discriminate against an employee with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the employee, whether at the employee’s initiative or in the ordinary course of the employee’s duties (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee)—</text>
<paragraph id="H229F2232049B42E29CC30229A6BFC655"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provided, caused to be provided, or is about to provide or cause to be provided to the employer, the Federal Government, or the attorney general of a State information relating to any violation of, or any act or omission the employee reasonably believes to be a violation of any provision of this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any such Acts;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC368DEEE4FA74CDC9253CC94B8A7AC01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>testified or is about to testify in a proceeding concerning such violation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HECE7BA69FD284DBD86E3B6C2CBDF8219"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assisted or participated or is about to assist or participate in such a proceeding; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5557601C17F34CF6B7197F8340695600"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">objected to, or refused to participate in, any activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that the employee (or other such person) reasonably believed to be in violation of any provision of this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any such Acts.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H696342514B9844ABB95E98C9AF46084E"><enum>(b)</enum>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0FC06B08B8BE492BA238BEC57090E68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A person who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of subsection (a) may, not later than 180 days after the date on which such violation occurs, file (or have any person file on his or her behalf) a complaint with the Secretary of Labor alleging such discharge or discrimination and identifying the person responsible for such act. Upon receipt of such a complaint, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the person named in the complaint of the filing of the complaint, of the allegations contained in the complaint, of the substance of evidence supporting the complaint, and of the opportunities that will be afforded to such person under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HFED971EB5A4A430B847E71EE7E0043F3"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HED2C4186CCDE4E7C98D006C2A65F823F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of a complaint filed under paragraph (1) and after affording the complainant and the person named in the complaint an opportunity to submit to the Secretary a written response to the complaint and an opportunity to meet with a representative of the Secretary to present statements from witnesses, the Secretary shall initiate an investigation and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the complaint has merit and notify, in writing, the complainant and the person alleged to have committed a violation of subsection (a) of the Secretary’s findings. If the Secretary concludes that there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, the Secretary shall accompany the Secretary’s findings with a preliminary order providing the relief prescribed by paragraph (3)(B). Not later than 30 days after the date of notification of findings under this paragraph, either the person alleged to have committed the violation or the complainant may file objections to the findings or preliminary order, or both, and request a hearing on the record. The filing of such objections shall not operate to stay any reinstatement remedy contained in the preliminary order. Any such hearing shall be conducted expeditiously. If a hearing is not requested in such 30-day period, the preliminary order shall be deemed a final order that is not subject to judicial review.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HEE4955BDCDC54F55BBF4313ECE36400"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB78EB82F78B445A7A83F006E77D979F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary shall dismiss a complaint filed under this subsection and shall not conduct an investigation otherwise required under subparagraph (A) unless the complainant makes a prima facie showing that any behavior described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) was a contributing factor in the unfavorable personnel action alleged in the complaint.</text></clause>
<clause indent="up1" id="H51679DF00F08401AA8F9ED7EE39CA0EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Notwithstanding a finding by the Secretary that the complainant has made the showing required under clause (i), no investigation otherwise required under subparagraph (A) shall be conducted if the employer demonstrates, by clear and convincing evidence, that the employer would have taken the same unfavorable personnel action in the absence of that behavior.</text></clause>
<clause indent="up1" id="H2567A4E9920843CF8DC8F7ED743ED59E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary may determine that a violation of subsection (a) has occurred only if the complainant demonstrates that any behavior described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) was a contributing factor in the unfavorable personnel action alleged in the complaint.</text></clause>
<clause indent="up1" id="H9B75F22CB0C84503B5802957F8D600C4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Relief may not be ordered under subparagraph (A) if the employer demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the employer would have taken the same unfavorable personnel action in the absence of that behavior.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HD99FB755FC6D4BA6B6A3CDDA03BC829"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE4E86624CE1E47B89C5056BC446E1B17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of conclusion of any hearing under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall issue a final order providing the relief prescribed by this paragraph or denying the complaint. At any time before issuance of a final order, a proceeding under this subsection may be terminated on the basis of a settlement agreement entered into by the Secretary, the complainant, and the person alleged to have committed the violation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H73CAC5849F584B2F96F15623595D38EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If, in response to a complaint filed under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines that a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, the Secretary shall order the person who committed such violation—</text>
<clause id="H4CA1956931E0410B9D9524A8CBF34D49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to take affirmative action to abate the violation;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5ADA7E76A7FD40058BCB95748D0300BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reinstate the complainant to his or her former position together with compensation (including back pay) and restore the terms, conditions, and privileges associated with his or her employment; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA3D1771B6BF146CB8B3C458C02F79EA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to provide compensatory damages to the complainant.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">If such an order is issued under this paragraph, the Secretary, at the request of the complainant, shall assess against the person against whom the order is issued a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and expert witness fees) reasonably incurred, as determined by the Secretary, by the complainant for, or in connection with, the bringing of the complaint upon which the order was issued.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7048D9F70F34FACBD163E3BE88CA36C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If the Secretary finds that a complaint under paragraph (1) is frivolous or has been brought in bad faith, the Secretary may award to the prevailing employer a reasonable attorneys’ fee, not exceeding $1,000, to be paid by the complainant.</text>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H2D86CCB535694ECFABC716C934F1B05"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the Secretary has not issued a final decision within 210 days after the filing of the complaint, or within 90 days after receiving a written determination, the complainant may bring an action at law or equity for <added-phrase>de novo</added-phrase> review in the appropriate district court of the United States with jurisdiction, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy, and which action shall, at the request of either party to such action, be tried by the court with a jury. The proceedings shall be governed by the same legal burdens of proof specified in paragraph (2)(B). The court shall have jurisdiction to grant all relief necessary to make the employee whole, including injunctive relief and compensatory damages, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C103B6DD25D4781B6357B073443F224"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee would have had, but for the discharge or discrimination;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H582A82636963432A95D2165C84FF5B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of back pay, with interest; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6BE9109EC79443CA300778CC21FD23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discharge or discrimination, including litigation costs, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney’s fees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H3EECD9E155374339ACE2FAC880678CE5"><enum>(5)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB407F399935A4EFE800900CEF2FCA13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Unless the complainant brings an action under paragraph (4), any person adversely affected or aggrieved by a final order issued under paragraph (3) may obtain review of the order in the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the violation, with respect to which the order was issued, allegedly occurred or the circuit in which the complainant resided on the date of such violation. The petition for review must be filed not later than 60 days after the date of the issuance of the final order of the Secretary. Review shall conform to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code. The commencement of proceedings under this subparagraph shall not, unless ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the order.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HC1A457A6870540C2BE4CCF8E6B1BADEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An order of the Secretary with respect to which review could have been obtained under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to judicial review in any criminal or other civil proceeding.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HBC8090F120454ED9A55E2B163E67D300"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Whenever any person has failed to comply with an order issued under paragraph (3), the Secretary may file a civil action in the United States district court for the district in which the violation was found to occur, or in the United States district court for the District of Columbia, to enforce such order. In actions brought under this paragraph, the district courts shall have jurisdiction to grant all appropriate relief including, but not limited to, injunctive relief and compensatory damages.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HBE7B45ED58994E08AE324C2CA3C9D9A"><enum>(7)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H892DF0CCCD8C4C24A186ACE5B32F74FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A person on whose behalf an order was issued under paragraph (3) may commence a civil action against the person to whom such order was issued to require compliance with such order. The appropriate United States district court shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties, to enforce such order.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HED95BA54E7B14E15A6D6AD85604C80B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The court, in issuing any final order under this paragraph, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorneys’ and expert witness fees) to any party whenever the court determines such award is appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H32A7F5D6ED344ADEACA03ECC2FB5AA40"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Any nondiscretionary duty imposed by this section shall be enforceable in a mandamus proceeding brought under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1361">section 1361</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8F51157296054E47A1F1F575638DE196"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an employee of a manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer who, acting without direction from such manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer (or such person’s agent), deliberately causes a violation of any requirement relating to any violation or alleged violation of any order, regulation, or consumer product safety standard under this Act or any other law enforced by the Commission.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HCD495B7D0A48484A94F11B3698EA9BD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendment</header><text>The table of contents, as amended by section 206 of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 39 the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H782F99EDA90949E49D665B2F2E218515">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 40. Whistleblower protection.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H61F5562F21C145899660E2B57B50244"><enum>C</enum><header>Specific Import-Export Provisions</header>
<section id="H012762628FB4406BBF2603C31E478E14" commented="no"><enum>221.</enum><header>Export of recalled and non-conforming products</header>
<subsection id="HB3DE7780A51C4670A301D52B8F207F45" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2067">15 U.S.C. 2067</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4CEE4662E7F45298BF5F9F39431320"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>any product—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>promulgated under section 9,</quote> and inserting <quote>any product which is not in conformity with an applicable consumer product safety rule in effect under this Act,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA5A953839AD415D89D4154FADB70DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD1C681CF50642098000FDEEC640BDFA" style="traditional">
<subsection id="H931198F5FB844BA087EED660E0C761FB" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may prohibit a person from exporting from the United States for purpose of sale any consumer product that is not in conformity with an applicable consumer product safety rule under this Act, unless the importing country has notified the Commission that such country accepts the importation of such consumer product, provided that if the importing country has not so notified the Commission within 30 days after the Commission has provided notice to the importing country of the impending shipment, the Commission may take such action as appropriate within its authority with respect to the disposition of the product under the circumstances.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H42B71632D49840CE887E4C5C28E8616E"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall apply to any consumer product, the export of which is permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 17(e).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H186FF96816824C2DB20064F6FA924EC2" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments to Flammable Fabrics Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15 of the Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1202">15 U.S.C. 1202</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HB9ED716787C04BB500851723B23E4FF1"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Consumer Product Safety Commission may prohibit, by order, a person from exporting from the United States for purpose of sale any fabric or related material that the Commission determines is not in conformity with an applicable standard or rule under this Act, unless the importing country has notified the Commission that such country accepts the importation of such fabric or related material, provided that if the importing country has not so notified the Commission within 30 days after the Commission has provided notice to the importing country of the impending shipment, the Commission may take such action as is appropriate with respect to the disposition of the fabric or related material under the circumstances.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCFB49E5213C34BD085402CE1CDD93C8F" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall apply to any fabric or related material, the export of which is permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 17(e).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HFE5063177BFB496B9EEC32BA3ED82D74"><enum>222.</enum><header>Import safety management and interagency cooperation</header>
<subsection id="H04DB9FED44314B73AB6D3FE13E617CAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Risk Assessment Methodology</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall develop a risk assessment methodology for the identification of shipments of consumer products that are—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C29DC08C28B45C9B87E62A100217627"><enum>(1)</enum><text>intended for import into the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AA09E91035E4832B98D8178A6E1409"><enum>(2)</enum><text>likely to include consumer products in violation of section 17(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)</external-xref>) or other import provisions enforced by the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H102EB321A16647F19C09AC28F18F52E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of International Trade Data System and Other Databases</header><text>In developing the methodology required under subsection (a), the Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H1EC9524E2B734649ADF6C48BB9D64D93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the use of the International Trade Data System, insofar as is practicable, established under section 411(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1411">19 U.S.C. 1411(d)</external-xref>) to evaluate and assess information about shipments of consumer products intended for import into the customs territory of the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70368CE6BC6D4D3885238F00D31E79EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incorporate the risk assessment methodology required under this section into its information technology modernization plan;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C50561AA757448CA4E913009DE798BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examine, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, how to share information collected and retained by the Commission, including information in the database required under section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act, for the purpose of identifying shipments of consumer products in violation of section 17(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)</external-xref>) or other import provisions enforced by the Commission; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2989CC2D14084E44A2D700C3A08D404F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>examine, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, how to share information required by section 15(j) of the CPSA as added by section 223 of this Act for the purpose of identifying shipments of consumer products in violation of section 17(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)</external-xref>) or other import provisions enforced by the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6E2434D676C94202A41E53994BAAA04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperation With U.S. Customs and Border Protection</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall develop a plan for sharing information and coordinating with U.S. Customs and Border Protection that considers, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H94C0174AC60C47C7B2DE77256BA97225"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of full-time equivalent personnel employed by the Commission that should be stationed at U.S. ports of entry for the purpose of identifying shipments of consumer products that are in violation of section 17(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)</external-xref>) or other import provisions enforced by the Commission.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5388CC88FAB4AE08D90EE2FDE0000C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The extent and nature of cooperation between the Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel stationed at ports of entry in the identification of shipments of consumer product that are in violation of section 17(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)</external-xref>) or other import provisions enforced by the Commission under this Act or any other provision of law.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C1A0BD187CF4B57867300FA524005D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of full-time equivalent personnel employed by the Commission that should be stationed at the National Targeting Center (or its equivalent) of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5127C51C0A8E402F90562DF4DBCE52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent and nature of cooperation between Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel stationed at the National Targeting Center (or its equivalent), as well as at United States ports of entry;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F55603A230940B991D333A6F58FBDA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the responsibilities of Commission personnel assigned to the National Targeting Center (or its equivalent) under subsection (b)(3); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H792BC2953313425DA5FC16ABED3DB83C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the information available at the National Targeting Center (or its equivalent) would be useful to the Commission or U.S. Customs and Border Protection in identifying the consumer products described in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H976AB42766B04D1893F94E37654261C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The development of rule sets for the Automated Targeting System and expedited access for the Commission to the Automated Targeting System.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17FF18FD5D0E40A0B6982FE6045288D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The information and resources necessary for the development, updating, and effective implementation of the risk assessment methodology required in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3B3F96E3F9E44C089B27960029649594"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after completion of the risk assessment methodology required under this section, the Commission shall submit a report to the appropriate Congressional committees concerning, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA2F4B77A37E44876BC6259C8A14BDA79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission’s plan for implementing the risk assessment methodology required under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF970BB6B5DDC4DDA9E180222E5E13B7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The changes made or necessary to be made to the Commission’s memorandum of understanding with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D39C9033D2047D3A410FF7C71A68914"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The status of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B1FB391B6204E07B6AB1DA508E4308"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development of the Automated Targeting System rule set required under subsection (c)(4) of this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62A04CA2FA0B4701A4B1D51544162156"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commission’s access to the Automated Targeting System; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE138A54808714FD888B1F05B6905587F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the International Trade Data System in enhancing cooperation between the Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the purpose of identifying shipments of consumer products in violation of section 17(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(a)</external-xref>) or other import provisions enforced by the Commission;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1A734CDCBBA4A11BAB2184798896CB1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Whether the Commission requires additional statutory authority under the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name>, the <act-name parsable-cite="FHSA">Federal Hazardous Substances Act</act-name>, the <act-name parsable-cite="FFA">Flammable Fabrics Act</act-name>, or the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 in order to implement the risk assessment methodology required under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1EC3C2673054CADBAC4C1CA6814F400"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The level of appropriations necessary to implement the risk assessment methodology required under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H66D44C29464A4303B540D5A86BB6FAE3"><enum>223.</enum><header>Substantial product hazard list and destruction of noncompliant imported products</header>
<subsection id="H34FCAAA08D174D28B7679F66A8C163B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification of Substantial Hazards</header><text>Section 15 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2064">15 U.S.C. 2064</external-xref>), as amended by section 214, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="Consumer Product Safety Act" id="H89647C631508414D829C6BB242005EDA">
<subsection id="H02B0C2581FA143BE9034E2F132DCA78B"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Substantial product hazard list</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4630505DB224BDF8954AA31AA53162C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission may specify, by rule, for any consumer product or class of consumer products, characteristics whose existence or absence shall be deemed a substantial product hazard under subsection (a)(2), if the Commission determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7FF6CFC3A34421CAEF520FC1E0004F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such characteristics are readily observable and have been addressed by voluntary standards; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0916C6308C0D4689B97BBC41B951B07F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such standards have been effective in reducing the risk of injury from consumer products and that there is substantial compliance with such standards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79B9D3E2AD0E4FF184902650222F3074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after promulgation of a rule under paragraph (1), any person adversely affected by such rule may file a petition for review under the procedures set forth in section 11 of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H3FF8B622637C4811B432ADEAFB6E6844"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Destruction of Noncompliant Imported Products</header><text>Section 17(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(e)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H6376A4E8473E4F0CB300CA27DE92700"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Products refused admission into the customs territory of the United States shall be destroyed unless, upon application by the owner, consignee, or importer of record, the Secretary of the Treasury permits the export of the product in lieu of destruction. If the owner, consignee, or importer of record does not export the product within 90 days of approval to export, such product shall be destroyed. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H9A8206B3F390460281792823A541DDAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspection and Recordkeeping Requirement</header><text>The Act is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCFB4E2746354D24B457587745C72EB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending section 17(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(g)</external-xref>) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HAD2F3CAFAE624373BA00F77F03A6A393" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Manufacturers of imported products shall be in compliance with all inspection and recordkeeping requirements under section 16 applicable to such products, and the Commission shall advise the Secretary of the Treasury of any manufacturer who is not in compliance with all inspection and recordkeeping requirements under section 16.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1531AC2AA0DC448596EEC1E653B79443"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end of section 16 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2065">15 U.S.C. 2065</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H9E94F24975A143A1A0B800991C7E08DD" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Commission shall, by rule, condition the manufacturing for sale, offering for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States of any consumer product or other product on the manufacturer’s compliance with the inspection and recordkeeping requirements of this Act and the Commission’s rules with respect to such requirements.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H7892DA2830554A2C8C8C2CB923FDB752" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224.</enum><header>Financial responsibility</header>
<subsection id="H8B59D7B1C5F4431C8440E49FCED436DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 219, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H60EFA8E88433403D9C556641D3561D4E"><enum>41.</enum><header>Financial responsibility</header>
<subsection id="H45220F73A0B34E7C91CB44FE85CA25F3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification and determination of bond</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other relevant Federal agencies, shall identify any consumer product, or other product or substance that is regulated under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission, for which the cost of destruction would normally exceed bond amounts determined under sections 623 and 624 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1623">19 U.S.C. 1623</external-xref>, 1624) and shall recommend to U.S. Customs and Border Protection a bond amount sufficient to cover the cost of destruction of such products or substances.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0BB55A8337014A11B1374FD74F1D4108"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study of requiring escrow for recalls and destruction of products</header>
<paragraph id="H8C71D4189F7F4E678236ECA5BABD63ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of requiring—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD2E6E53E4054679897C1590EFBE6654"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the posting of an escrow, proof of insurance, or security sufficient in amount to cover the cost of destruction of a domestically-produced product or substance regulated under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83D289B705BA481BBAC28101A4E447B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the posting of an escrow, proof of insurance, or security sufficient in amount to cover the cost of an effective recall of a product or substance, domestic or imported, regulated under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB19B965513A4BFD8C794C8FB043D431"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report on the conclusions of the study required under paragraph (1), including an assessment of whether such an escrow requirement could be implemented and any recommendations for such implementation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HA8E6D3CBD9B945E8A1E104D7750028CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051</external-xref> note), as amended by section 219, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 41. Financial responsibility.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HAA6E5F3089894FE582DC9C3EA7D7C500" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>225.</enum><header>Study and report on effectiveness of authorities relating to safety of imported consumer products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H02B90FA635E84143B5F71FA62DD72CC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study of the authorities and provisions of the <act-name parsable-cite="CPSA">Consumer Product Safety Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.</external-xref>) to assess the effectiveness of such authorities and provisions in preventing unsafe consumer products from entering the customs territory of the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF705DD98ABD4CA8989E416325B698A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review and provide recommendations with respect to plans to prevent unsafe consumer products from entering the customs territory of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB871E4C066E49A8824FFBD1BD287966"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report on the findings of the Comptroller General with respect to paragraphs (1) and (2), including legislative recommendations related to, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB4EED671B22B44CE00DD24FAFEF1D538"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inspection of foreign manufacturing plants by the Commission; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C461496106D447D951C763F52D8A734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requiring foreign manufacturers to consent to the jurisdiction of United States courts with respect to enforcement actions by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HC8688558A6D6498CA91C08CEFD07FC5D"><enum>D</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions and Conforming Amendments</header>
<section id="H36FCA49BCC3A4DECA9D607ECE5E7441" commented="no"><enum>231.</enum><header>Preemption</header>
<subsection id="H33980F36084748AB852F2429F4ECB109" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rule with regard to preemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of sections 25 and 26 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2074 and 2075, respectively), section 18 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1261">15 U.S.C. 1261</external-xref> note), section 16 of the Flammable Fabrics Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1203">15 U.S.C. 1203</external-xref>), and section 7 of the Poison Packaging Prevention Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1476">15 U.S.C. 1476</external-xref>) establishing the extent to which those Acts preempt, limit, or otherwise affect any other Federal, State, or local law, any rule, procedure, or regulation, or any cause of action under State or local law may not be expanded or contracted in scope, or limited, modified or extended in application, by any rule or regulation thereunder, or by reference in any preamble, statement of policy, executive branch statements, or other matter associated with the publication of any such rule or regulation. In accordance with the provisions of those Acts, the Commission may not construe any such Act as preempting any cause of action under State or local common law or State statutory law regarding damage claims.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA799FE990B0A4D440095166E39CDC4E" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preservation of certain State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the Federal Hazardous Substances Act shall be construed to preempt or otherwise affect any warning requirement relating to consumer products or substances that is established pursuant to State law that was in effect on August 31, 2003.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HD6BE445E8AD34394A5C69DF6392C00C9"><enum>232.</enum><header>All-terrain vehicle standard</header>
<subsection id="H8F33E382A21F47039CCC6369003200DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2051">15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 224, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
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<section id="H25D18B211B344FA0A493A478B3601C0"><enum>42.</enum><header>All-terrain vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H345F93F32C8E458D9F003B99D586E092"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H8CE177D92C754FEE9FD232B94D6298E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory standard</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 90 days after the date of enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register as a mandatory consumer product safety standard the American National Standard for Four Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles Equipment Configuration, and Performance Requirements developed by the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (American National Standard ANSI/SVIA –1–2007). The standard shall take effect 150 days after it is published.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H034329AD48084EB59F96F2E73F0056F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance with standard</header><text>After the standard takes effect, it shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor to import into or distribute in commerce in the United States any new assembled or unassembled all-terrain vehicle unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24F04BD3741E49BEB63D3EFC016D96DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the all-terrain vehicle complies with each applicable provision of the standard;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05136BD01CF341B581D6A63F83D56E81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ATV is subject to an ATV action plan filed with the Commission before the date of enactment of the Act, or subsequently filed with and approved by the Commission, and bears a label certifying such compliance and identifying the manufacturer, importer or private labeler and the ATV action plan to which it is subject; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7CB24ECE14F54E899892F76D00319F51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the manufacturer or distributor is in compliance with all provisions of the applicable ATV action plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H632CF7BE119A40CEBCFCC1DA008100F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Violation</header><text>The failure to comply with any requirement of paragraph (2) shall be deemed to be a failure to comply with a consumer product safety standard under this Act and subject to all of the penalties and remedies available under this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79F2702837A94212A2C713F2C52BD09F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compliant models with additional features</header><text>Paragraph (2) shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution in commerce of new all-terrain vehicles that comply with the requirements of that paragraph but also incorporate characteristics or components that are not covered by those requirements. Any such characteristics or components shall be subject to the requirements of section 15 of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H807B72598E3443B789EDFF49B00CD94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of standard</header>
<paragraph id="HAEB908772B8343559E75FB40A26E2B09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>ANSI revisions</header><text>If the American National Standard ANSI/SVIA–1–2007 is revised through the applicable consensus standards development process after the date on which the product safety standard for all-terrain vehicles is published in the Federal Register, the American National Standards Institute shall notify the Commission of the revision.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC3CF0D3D3FC47DF91219E3621832D40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission action</header><text>Within 120 days after it receives notice of such a revision by the American National Standards Institute, the Commission shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, to amend the product safety standard for all-terrain vehicles to include any such revision that the Commission determines is reasonably related to the safe performance of all-terrain vehicles, and notify the Institute of any provision it has determined not to be so related. The Commission shall promulgate an amendment to the standard for all-terrain vehicles within 180 days after the date on which the notice of proposed rulemaking for the amendment is published in the Federal Register.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41671BE5FE244A6F9D6D16AC6004C281"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unreasonable risk of injury</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Commission may, pursuant to sections 7 and 9 of this Act, amend the product safety standard for all-terrain vehicles to include any additional provision that the Commission determines is reasonably necessary to reduce an unreasonable risk of injury associated with the performance of all-terrain vehicles.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2158A40B966549CC854F712BB40530AC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certain provisions not applicable</header><text>Sections 7 and 9 of this Act shall not apply to promulgation of any amendment of the product safety standard under paragraph (2). Judicial review of any amendment of the standard under paragraph (2) shall be in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6AA3D263C146409D95362DC301A3427F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for 3-wheeled all-terrain vehicles</header><text>Until a mandatory consumer product safety standard applicable to 3-wheeled all-terrain vehicles promulgated pursuant to this Act is in effect, new 3-wheeled all-terrain vehicles may not be imported into or distributed in commerce in the United States. Any violation of this subsection shall be considered to be a violation of section 19(a)(1) of this Act and may also be enforced under section 17 of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8F254D58C010459DB324539659A93300"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Further proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="HE6C94DA626734EE2B400B4F8D4E9D476"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The Commission shall issue a final rule in its proceeding entitled <quote>Standards for All Terrain Vehicles and Ban of Three-wheeled All Terrain Vehicles</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6865CEB4FD074A428621D6D012FC1D68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Categories of youth ATVs</header><text>In the final rule, the Commission, in consultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, may provide for a multiple factor method of categorization that, at a minimum, takes into account—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC2D1D8913DAD41C8B9810047ABC197E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the weight of the ATV;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2ADDDF51207143CE87FE834498C63B1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the maximum speed of the ATV;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56DBEC34DD20472D95EA413749D8D37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the velocity at which an ATV of a given weight is traveling at the maximum speed of the ATV;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69E8AF38D374454E003105974428655D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the age of children for whose operation the ATV is designed or who may reasonably be expected to operate the ATV; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H162FF7DDF8EE4A798326DA00F1FCAC6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the average weight of children for whose operation the ATV is designed or who may reasonably be expected to operate the ATV.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12ACCA59357D4FC1933665C861D3DEB9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional safety standards</header><text>In the final rule, the Commission, in consultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall review the standard published under subsection (a)(1) and establish additional safety standards for all-terrain vehicles to the extent necessary to protect the public health and safety. As part of its review, the Commission shall consider, at a minimum, establishing or strengthening standards on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7F32CDDC53B4B899EFBB7F1F45274DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>suspension;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8614C3A29DFC4820A833FEA548B15012"><enum>(B)</enum><text>brake performance;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08B671D97392450FB3073345C78B7390"><enum>(C)</enum><text>speed governors;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0DC50E7A30654A17AC886430754B5EA3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>warning labels;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6751A85194254982958376584811E689"><enum>(E)</enum><text>marketing; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13FB9709F4F24B86B6996D4DA6BC25D3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>dynamic stability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9E2F4BA7DA38473396A40094B2EC1D3C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H4D28E9B42523417C9D3C38E7C60689A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>All-terrain vehicle or ATV</header><text>The term <term>all-terrain vehicle</term> or <term>ATV</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05CC7D4284254AAAAD7224EDB1AC4158"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any motorized, off-highway vehicle designed to travel on 3 or 4 wheels, having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control; but</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C8003F838734A90B61F87AF8E005154"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include a prototype of a motorized, off-highway, all-terrain vehicle or other motorized, off-highway, all-terrain vehicle that is intended exclusively for research and development purposes unless the vehicle is offered for sale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H908407873A5D48B500591140DAD6F2B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>ATV action plan</header><text>The term <term>ATV action plan</term> means a written plan or letter of undertaking that describes actions the manufacturer or distributor agrees to take to promote ATV safety, including rider training, dissemination of safety information, age recommendations, other policies governing marketing and sale of the ATVs, the monitoring of such sales, and other safety related measures, and that is substantially similar to the plans described under the heading <quote>The Undertakings of the Companies in the Commission Notice</quote> published in the Federal Register on September 9, 1998 (63 FR 48199–48204).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H496187BF2D284C07B1784927656CEA05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO study</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the utility, recreational, and other benefits of all-terrain vehicles to which section 42 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2085">15 U.S.C. 2085</external-xref>) applies, and the costs associated with all-terrain vehicle-related accidents and injuries.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H09CB143659824D9AB0A5DFEE3E4CCEFB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents of this Act is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 42 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 42. All-terrain vehicles.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H574DB4D0C0B9482BAE007CA0037D899"><enum>233.</enum><header>Cost-benefit analysis under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 3 of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1472">15 U.S.C. 1472</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H5BADB84D9A384433BBE8F1B2001CAC37"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in establishing a standard under this section, to prepare a comparison of the costs that would be incurred in complying with such standard with the benefits of such standard.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H7C1A7A6FF60C4AC20092CAC4C465D835"><enum>234.</enum><header>Study on use of formaldehyde in manufacturing of textile and apparel articles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General, in consultation with the Commission, shall conduct a study on the use of formaldehyde in the manufacture of textile and apparel articles, or in any component of such articles, to identify any risks to consumers caused by the use of formaldehyde in the manufacturing of such articles, or components of such articles.</text></section>
<section id="H858A28CD866148CE8CC51B6A53CC5BD"><enum>235.</enum><header>Technical and conforming changes</header>
<subsection id="H6A14749F6DB343EDB1E6262FE663F144"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3B467ED9B329401785B266F64DD8364F"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate Congressional committees</term> means the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A4841328660408C9CC5A0ECE4961048"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Children’s product</header><text>The term <term>children’s product</term> means a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger. In determining whether a consumer product is primarily intended for a child 12 years of age or younger, the following factors shall be considered:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F71FFDCD6EB47C0B5D2F96DB43B781"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A statement by a manufacturer about the intended use of such product, including a label on such product if such statement is reasonable.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77E56596AC0347D29B22080137DB753E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whether the product is represented in its packaging, display, promotion, or advertising as appropriate for use by children 12 years of age or younger.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86A1AEC8DD1C466FA28BAD7C00D3D9C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whether the product is commonly recognized by consumers as being intended for use by a child 12 years of age or younger.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDA0F40391E644A0A225F773D33506DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Age Determination Guidelines issued by the Commission staff in September 2002, and any successor to such guidelines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07B0582553AD4AA1ABEF261D9E9D3BC"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Third-party logistics provider</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>third-party logistics provider</term> means a person who solely receives, holds, or otherwise transports a consumer product in the ordinary course of business but who does not take title to the product.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6387C500549D4E56B077B861C9A9878"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header><text>Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H03AABC5438AA4900B3B54343D3CAFD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a) for purposes of this Act:</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text>.—In this Act:</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9B13E0DC96548EC85ED9FA9684ACAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by indenting each paragraph and subparagraph of subsection (a) 2 em spaces;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H506200CC078F4572B012C16864FBEAF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting a heading, in a form consistent with the form of the heading of this subsection consisting of the term defined by such paragraph, after the designation of each paragraph of subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43363AF77B0D4EBABD633FD59FF4B66C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by reordering such paragraphs and the additional paragraphs added by paragraph (1) of this subsection in alphabetical order based on the headings of such paragraphs and renumbering such paragraphs as so reordered; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2391BE99CE364E47AEDBC5F68958B445"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>common carriers, contract carriers, and freight forwarders</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote> in subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H80776F69A817452AAD98E63F2FE1EA2E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H1130838CFAFC4567AF385F7FA6C6AA26"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052(b)</external-xref> is amended by inserting <quote>third-party logistics provider,</quote> after <quote>contract carrier,</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6ECAA5CFB26E4751BF171C957E359DF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 6(e)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2055">15 U.S.C. 2055(e)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate or the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives or any subcommittee of such committee,</quote> and insert <quote>either of the appropriate Congressional committees or any subcommittee thereof,</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9282F7D54E7455BAF864B81B8843FDD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sections 9(a), 9(c), and 35(c)(2)(D)(iii) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2058">15 U.S.C. 2058(a)</external-xref>, (c), and 2082(c)(2)(D)(iii), and 2082(e)(1), respectively) are each amended by striking <quote>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the appropriate Congressional committees</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E0F938A62B24B5697E7DDDAC70272B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 32(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2050">15 U.S.C. 2050(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</quote> and inserting <quote>the appropriate Congressional committees.</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC54E0AF5F0B4FCC845B65731C00C843"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 35(e)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2082">15 U.S.C. 2082(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives</quote> and insert <quote>the appropriate Congressional committees</quote>. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E2C69D209294193A06C3416BDE81BE1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Sections 17(h)(3), 28(j)(10)(F), and 28(k)(1) and (2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2066">15 U.S.C. 2066(h)(3)</external-xref>, 2077(j)(10)(F), and 2077(k)(1) and (2), respectively) are each amended by striking <quote>the Congress</quote> and inserting <quote>the appropriate Congressional committees</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2C83975F74840410073882E245F1681"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 29(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2078">15 U.S.C. 2078(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The Commission</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding section 6(a)(3), the Commission</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H27225516DE014E9D88AD38E181730000"><enum>236.</enum><header>Expedited judicial review</header>
<subsection id="HD88F11AB0C5B4122833578C770B32100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 11 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2060">15 U.S.C. 2060</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HFBAE4E358A4546F483D0097D00D1B0A1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Expedited judicial review</header>
<paragraph id="H678B9A3A67ED44C591C4D2E4C9E05E19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection applies, in lieu of the preceding subsections of this section, to judicial review of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC37241748C0343C0989B59D6FAEAEEF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any consumer product safety rule promulgated by the Commission pursuant to section 15(j) (relating to identification of substantial hazards);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E0B9F2E42E34719A9C3155CC03D5D69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any consumer product safety standard promulgated by the Commission pursuant to section 42 (relating to all-terrain vehicles);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC7E7A914B65741F7956290136F573385"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any standard promulgated by the Commission under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (relating to durable infant and toddler products); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37D5DD6943F54C8C88D1DD00ED25E2A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any consumer product safety standard promulgated by the Commission under section 106 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (relating to mandatory toy safety standards).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4683CDBDAD6A475ABD21993278324800"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the promulgation, by the Commission, of a rule or standard to which this subsection applies, any person adversely affected by such rule or standard may file a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for judicial review of such rule. Copies of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Commission or other officer designated by it for that purpose and to the Attorney General. The record of the proceedings on which the Commission based its rule shall be filed in the court as provided for in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/2112">section 2112</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB61823A37AA43779997338F0643911E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Upon the filing of the petition under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the court shall have jurisdiction to review the rule in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and to grant appropriate relief, including interim relief, as provided in such chapter.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF86E1832F2DB4B7090E28648BB8513C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conclusiveness of judgment</header><text>The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, any final rule under this section shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification, as provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1254">section 1254</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H967924315F674974A96F2DB781800020"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Further review</header><text>A rule or standard with respect to which this subsection applies shall not be subject to judicial review in proceedings under section 17 (relating to imported products) or in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H32DD268ABC4244B2AE10AD3C6107779D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pending actions unaffected</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any petition filed before the date of enactment of this Act for judicial review of any action by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H3353F76E094446FE809F595FA754D046" commented="no"><enum>237.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2079">15 U.S.C. 2079</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text></section>
<section id="HD1E1BCCCEAC344608BD336A7B6F882B7"><enum>238.</enum><header>Pool and Spa Safety Act technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title XIV of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF00BAB93C2E045149150EA7812789E1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 1403 by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB6C1C6D39EB84A9F00F977407C666B16"><enum>(8)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>State</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 3(10) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2052">15 U.S.C. 2052(10)</external-xref>), and includes the Northern Mariana Islands.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H843D70B90D7744EAA760084D865F03F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 1404 by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: <quote>If a successor standard is proposed, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers shall notify the Commission of the proposed revision. If the Commission determines that the proposed revision is in the public interest, it shall incorporate the revision into the standard after providing 30 days notice to the public.</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B155E6AB715407BAB41FDA66A400C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<section id="HFCF3C2DD8F2D44C08350B6001E65DFEC"><enum>1409.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act is applicable to the United States and its territories, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HC90219FC1F5E4FDF96BAA000B6D61249"><enum>239.</enum><header>Effective dates and Severability</header>
<subsection id="H2F7EA9B4519C444C8489A96D8FAE2F16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph id="H4B52AA89F4FC4793BCF7A531ADB56CF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8798424BC07B444EB6455D00AF41FAD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain delayed effective dates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by sections 103(c) and 214(a)(2) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Subsection (c) of section 42 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as added by section 232 of this Act, and the amendments made by sections 216 and 223(b) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H025029A681FC48D18C0043FCC81E8E02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any provision of this Act or the amendments made by this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances, shall not be affected by such invalidation.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.