[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1816 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1816

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2019

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, 
 Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Cardin) 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 prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in 
commerce, or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, 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 Cribs Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CRIB BUMPERS.

    (a) Prohibition on the Sale of Crib Bumpers.--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 crib 
bumper.
    (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) Crib Bumper Defined.--In this section, the term ``crib 
bumper''--
            (1) means any material that is intended to cover the sides 
        of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occupant from impacts 
        against the side of a crib or to prevent partial or complete 
        access to any openings in the sides of a crib to prevent a crib 
        occupant from getting any part of the body entrapped in any 
        opening; and
            (2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported and 
        unsupported vinyl bumper guard, a mesh crib liner, and vertical 
        crib slat covers.
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