[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3400 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3400

     To ban the sale, manufacture, distribution, and use in public 
   facilities of drop-side cribs in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2010

Mrs. Gillibrand 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 ban the sale, manufacture, distribution, and use in public 
   facilities of drop-side cribs in the United States, 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. BAN ON DROP-SIDE CRIBS.

    (a) Drop-Side Crib Defined.--In this section, the term ``drop-side 
crib'' means any infant crib that has at least 1 side that moves up and 
down. Such term does not include a drop-gate crib or any other crib 
that has immovable sides with a portion of 1 side capable of being 
folded down.
    (b) Ban.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, every 
covered product shall be treated as a banned hazardous product pursuant 
to a rule promulgated under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).
    (c) Covered Product.--For purposes of this section, a covered 
product is any drop-side crib that is sold, offered for sale, 
manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, used in public 
facilities such as hotels or day care centers, or imported into the 
United States on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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