[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2037 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 2037

To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to make it unlawful to sell a 
               recalled product, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2007

 Ms. Klobuchar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to make it unlawful to sell a 
               recalled product, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF RECALLED PRODUCTS.

    Section 19(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2068(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as 
        paragraphs (4) through (12), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) to sell a product that is--
                    ``(A) not in conformity with an applicable consumer 
                product safety standard under this Act;
                    ``(B) subject to voluntary corrective action taken 
                by the manufacturer, in consultation with the 
                Commission, and determined by the Commission to be 
                unsafe; or
                    ``(C) subject to an order issued under section 12 
                or 15 of this Act, or designated a banned hazardous 
                substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act 
                (15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.);''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED IDENTIFICATION MARKING OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS.

    Section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2063(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(3) The manufacturer of a consumer product, without regard to 
whether it is subject to a consumer product safety standard, shall 
place distinguishing marks on the product to the greatest extent 
feasible, and on its packaging, that will enable the ultimate purchaser 
to determine the source, date, and cohort (including the batch, run 
number, or other identifying characteristic) of production of the 
product by reference to those marks.''.
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