[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1587 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1587

To amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain off-highway 
                   vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2009

 Mr. Rehberg (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mr. Simpson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain off-highway 
                   vehicles, 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. EXEMPTION FOR OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES.

    (a) Exclusion of Certain Materials or Products and Inaccessible 
Component Parts.--Section 101(b) of the Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 is amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6) and inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Exception for off-highway vehicles.--
                    ``(A) Determination by commission.--Subsection (a) 
                shall not apply to off-highway vehicles.
                    ``(B) Off-highway vehicles defined.--For purposes 
                of this section, the term `off-highway vehicle' means 
                any motorized vehicle designed to travel on 2, 3, or 4 
                wheels, having a seat designed to be straddled by the 
                operator and handlebars for steering control, and such 
                term also includes snowmobiles.''.
    (b) Additional Amendment.--Such section is further amended in 
paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``any''.
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