[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6132 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6132

   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a 
mandatory consumer product safety standard with respect to retractable 
                                awnings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2023

 Mr. Balderson (for himself and Ms. Castor of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a 
mandatory consumer product safety standard with respect to retractable 
                                awnings.

    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 ``Awning Safety Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR RETRACTABLE AWNINGS.

    (a) Consumer Product Safety Standard Required.--Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 
5, United States Code, a final consumer product safety standard for 
fixed and freestanding retractable awnings within the jurisdiction of 
the Commission to protect against the risk of death or serious injury 
related to the hazards associated with such awnings, including the risk 
of death or serious injury related to the awning unexpectedly opening 
and striking a person while removing the bungee tie-downs for the cover 
of the awning.
    (b) CPSC Determination of Scope.--The Consumer Product Safety 
Commission shall specify the types of retractable awning devices within 
the jurisdiction of the Commission that are within the scope of 
subsection (a) as part of a standard promulgated under this section, as 
reasonably necessary to protect against hazards associated with 
retractable awnings.
    (c) Treatment of Standard.--A consumer product safety standard 
promulgated under subsection (a) shall be treated as a consumer product 
safety rule promulgated under sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 and 2058).
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