[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1049 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1049

To prohibit the sale of kitchen ranges or ovens which do not include a 
  design, bracket, or other device which complies with an applicable 
consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the product from 
                                tipping.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the sale of kitchen ranges or ovens which do not include a 
  design, bracket, or other device which complies with an applicable 
consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the product from 
                                tipping.

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

SECTION 1. BRACKETS OR DEVICES TO PREVENT OVEN RANGES FROM TIPPING.

    (a) Inclusion of Brackets or Devices.--Effective 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, it shall prohibited under section 19(a) 
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)) for any person 
to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in commerce or 
import into the United States a residential kitchen range or oven which 
does not include a design, bracket, or other device which complies with 
an applicable consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the 
product from tipping. In determining compliance with this requirement, 
the Commission shall rely on the applicable consensus product safety 
standard.
    (b) Retailer Installation Requirement.--Effective 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, it shall prohibited under section 
19(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)) for any 
retailer of a residential kitchen range or oven that offers 
installation services for any range or oven sold by that retailer, to 
fail to install any bracket or other device which complies with an 
applicable consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the 
product from tipping and which is included with the range or oven.
    (c) Public Awareness Campaign.--The Consumer Product Safety 
Commission shall conduct an informational campaign to help educate 
consumers about the danger of range or oven tipping and the importance 
of installing such products in accordance with applicable consensus 
product safety standard intended to prevent the product from tipping.
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