[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8181 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8181

To prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from issuing a rule 
related to table saws until 5 years after a patent related to the saws 
  has been dedicate to the public or expired, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2024

 Ms. Perez (for herself and Mr. Duncan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from issuing a rule 
related to table saws until 5 years after a patent related to the saws 
  has been dedicate to the public or expired, 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 ``Preserving Woodworking Traditions 
and Blocking Government-Mandated Monopolies Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION STANDARDS FOR 
              TABLE SAWS.

    (a) Prohibition on Table Saw Rule.--The Consumer Product Safety 
Commission may not implement any rule related to the proposed rule on 
the Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws (88 
Fed. Reg. 74909) until at least 5 years after--
            (1) the latest date on which each covered patent has 
        expired; or
            (2) each covered patent has been dedicated to the public 
        under section 253(b) of title 35, United States Code.
    (b) Covered Patent.--In this section, the term ``covered patent'' 
means the following:
            (1) Patent number 8,061,245.
            (2) Patent number 9,724,840.
            (3) Patent number 10,384,281.
            (4) Patent number 10,442,107.
            (5) Patent number 10,864,651.
            (6) Patent number 10,981,238.
            (7) Patent number 11,098,849.
            (8) Any other patent that would be implicated by the 
        implementation of the proposed rule described in subsection 
        (a).
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