[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 3182 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3182

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two


                                 An Act


 
To provide that inclined sleepers for infants and crib bumpers shall be 
  considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer 
               Product Safety Act, 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 for Babies Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. BANNING OF INCLINED SLEEPERS FOR INFANTS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, inclined sleepers for infants, regardless of the 
date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product 
under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).
    (b) 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 1 year 
old.
SEC. 3. BANNING OF CRIB BUMPERS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, crib bumpers, regardless of the date of 
manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product under 
section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).
    (b) 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;
        (2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported and unsupported 
    vinyl bumper guard, and vertical crib slat covers; and
        (3) does not include a non-padded mesh crib liner.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.