[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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