[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2120 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2120

    To expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and 
  importation of children's products that contain phthalates, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2014

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 expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and 
  importation of children's products that contain phthalates, 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. EXPANSION OF PROHIBITION ON MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND 
              IMPORTATION OF CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS CONTAINING PHTHALATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-314; 15 U.S.C. 2057c) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``children's toy or child care 
                article'' and inserting ``children's product''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)'' 
                and inserting ``benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), 
                diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate 
                (DIDP), or di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking ``a final rule'' and all 
                that follows through ``evaluate the findings'' and 
                inserting ``a final rule to evaluate the findings''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsections (a) and (b)(1) and 
                any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (a) and any rule promulgated 
                under subsection (b)(2)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``children's toy or child care 
                article'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``children's product'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``children's toy or 
        child care article'' and inserting ``children's product'';
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection (a) or 
        (b)(1) or any rule promulgated by the Commission under 
        subsection (b)(3)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or any rule 
        promulgated by the Commission under subsection (b)(2)'';
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsections (a) and 
        (b)(1) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (a) and any rule promulgated under 
        subsection (b)(2)''; and
            (5) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) The term `children's product' has the meaning 
                given such term in section 3(a) of the Consumer Product 
                Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)).''.
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