[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 389 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 389

   To establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's 
                   products, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2009

  Mr. Bennett 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 establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's 
                   products, 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. CONDITIONAL STAY OF BAN ON LEAD IN CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS.

    Section 101(a)(2) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 
2008 (15 U.S.C. 1278a(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(B), (C), (D), and 
        (E)'' and inserting ``(B), (C), (D), (E), and (F)'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``(C), (D), and (E)'' 
        and inserting ``(C), (D), (E), and (F)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Conditional stay of lead limits.--If, before 
                the beginning date described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Commission has not promulgated final regulations with 
                respect to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 14(a) of 
                the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)) or 
                has stayed the enforcement of the requirements of such 
                paragraph (2), the Commission may--
                            ``(i) substitute the beginning date 
                        described in subparagraph (A) with the earlier 
                        of--
                                    ``(I)(aa) in the case that the 
                                Commission did not promulgate the 
                                regulations before the beginning date 
                                described in subparagraph (A), the date 
                                that the Commission promulgates such 
                                regulations; or
                                    ``(bb) in the case of a stay of 
                                enforcement, the date that the 
                                Commission lifts such stay; and
                                    ``(II) the date that is 540 days 
                                after the date of the enactment of this 
                                Act; and
                            ``(ii) substitute the beginning date 
                        described in subparagraph (B) with the date 
                        that is 180 days after the date substituted 
                        under clause (i).''.
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