[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4261 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4261

    To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater 
              flexibility in addressing consumer concerns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater 
              flexibility in addressing consumer concerns.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Toys Act''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTIES OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
              COMMISSION.

    (a) Consumer Product Safety Act.--Section 20(a)(1) of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2069(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
``$1,250,000'' both places it appears and inserting ``$10,000,000''.
    (b) Federal Hazardous Substances Act.--Section 5(c)(1) of the 
Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1264(c)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``$1,250,000'' both places it appears and inserting 
``$10,000,000''.
    (c) Flammable Fabrics Act.--Section 5(e)(1) of the Flammable 
Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1194(e)(1)) is amended by striking 
``$1,250,000'' and inserting ``$10,000,000''.

SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE OF PRODUCTS WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT 
              SAFETY RULES.

    (a) Expansion of Certification Requirement.--Subsection (a)(1) of 
section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(1)) is 
amended by--
            (1) striking ``consumer product safety standard under this 
        Act'' and inserting ``consumer product safety rule under this 
        Act or a similar rule under any other Act enforced by the 
        Commission'';
            (2) striking ``Such certificate shall'' and inserting ``A 
        certificate required under this subsection shall''; and
            (3) adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Every 
        manufacturer required to issue a certificate under this 
        subsection shall transmit a copy of such certificate to the 
        Commission.''.
    (b) Expansion of Tests or Testing Programs.--Subsection (b) of 
section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(b)) is 
amended by striking ``consumer product safety standards under this 
Act'' and inserting ``consumer product safety rules under this Act or 
similar rules under any other Act enforced by the Commission''.
    (c) Listing of Certified Products.--
            (1) Website listing.--The Consumer Product Safety 
        Commission shall post and maintain, in a clear and conspicuous 
        location on its Internet Website, a current list of all 
        products for which certificates have been transmitted to the 
        Commission under section 14(a)(1) of the Consumer Product 
        Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(1)).
            (2) Other listing.--In addition to the Website listing 
        required under paragraph (1), the Consumer Product Safety 
        Commission may maintain and publish or submit for publication a 
        list of all products for which certificates have been 
        transmitted to the Commission under section 14(a)(1) of the 
        Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(1)).
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