[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3172 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3172

 To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in 
commerce, or importation into the United States of any inclined sleeper 
                  for infants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2019

 Mr. Cardenas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in 
commerce, or importation into the United States of any inclined sleeper 
                  for infants, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Sleep Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF INCLINED SLEEPERS FOR INFANTS.

    (a) Prohibition on the Sale of Inclined Sleepers for Infants.--
Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, 
offer for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United 
States any inclined sleeper for infants.
    (b) Treatment of Violation.--A violation of subsection (a) shall be 
treated as a violation of section 19(a)(1) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)).
    (c) Inclined Sleeper for Infants Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``inclined sleeper for infants'' means a product with an inclined 
sleep surface greater than ten degrees that is intended, marketed, or 
designed to provide sleeping accommodations for an infant up to one 
year old.
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