[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1259

   To provide that crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous 
 products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2021

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 provide that 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 Cribs Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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