PRODUCT SAFETY

Amendments

CPSC: appropriations (S. 605), 18444, 18516 [3AU]

Analyses

National Institute for Agricultural Product Technology (H.R. 2691), 12491 [20JN]

Articles and editorials

Fear of Living—America's Morbid Aversion to Risk, 349 [24JA]

High Costs of Nader-Tort, 8798 [10MY]

Make the World Safe, 14764 [14JY]

Plaintiff Attorneys' Great Honey Rush, 27073 [2NO]

When the Going Gets Tough, the Smaller Firms ``Go Bare'', 18461 [3AU]

Bills and resolutions

Consumer Product Safety Act: extend (see H.R. 2871)

Consumers: availability of information on products (see H.R. 129, 135, 909)

Copyrights: protection of industrial designs of useful articles (see H.R. 902)

CPSC: appropriations (see S. 605)

———improve performance (see H.R. 1762)

Food and drug manufacturers: maintain toll-free telephone line for inquiries (H.R. 240) (see H.R. 240)

Industry: product liability actions relative to the useful life of the product involved (see H.R. 362)

———standardization of bolt measurement and quality (see H.R. 336)

Interstate commerce: uniform treatment of selected product liability problems (see H.R. 359)

Motor vehicles: bumper standards (see H.R. 766)

National Institute for Agricultural Product Technology: establish (see H.R. 2691)

Packaging: identification of the resin used in the production of plastic containers used in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2156)

Plumbing products: manufacturing and labeling standards (see H.R. 1185)

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (see S. 1400)

Testing of products: modernize method (see S. 891; H.R. 1676)

Letters

Fastener Quality Act: Representative Brooks, 20732 [19SE]

National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act: Elizabeth R. Raisbeck, National Audubon Society, 4358 [15MR]

———Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife Federation, 4357 [15MR]

Memorials of legislature

Illinois, 14991 [18JY]

Questions and answers

National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act, 4358 [15MR]

Remarks in House

Business: product liability reform, 349 [24JA]

Children: unsafe cribs, 20708 [18SE]

Consumer Product Safety Act: extend (H.R. 2871), 14490 [12JY]

Consumers: availability of information on products (H.R. 129), 3183 [1MR]

———availability of information on products (H.R. 135), 3175 [1MR]

———disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (H.R. 909), 1727 [7FE]

Fasteners: inspection, testing, and certification (H.R. 3000), 20726 [19SE], 20733 [26SE]-20734 [19SE], 21180 [20SE], 31810 [21NO]

Liability: limit (H.R. 362), 184 [3JA]

Motor vehicles: amend certain provisions relative to bumper standards (H.R. 766), 1670 [2FE]

National Institute for Agricultural Product Technology: establish (H.R. 2691), 12490 [20JN]

Packaging: identification of the resin used in the production of plastic containers used in interstate commerce (H.R. 2156), 7633 [27AP]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2700), 27073 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Consumer Seafood Safety Act: enact (S. 1983), 31573 [21NO]

CPSC: appropriations (S. 605), 4572 [16MR], 18512-18521 [3AU]

Industry: product-liability reform, 8798 [10MY]

National Health Research Foundation: mass mailings on harmful effects of pesticides on fresh fruit, 21414 [25SE]

National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act: enact (S. 583), 4359 [15MR]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 1400), 16049, 16055 [25JY], 18461 [3AU], 19032 [4AU], 20244 [13SE], 22447 [28SE], 31663 [21NO]

Testing of products: modernize method (S. 891), 7809 [2MY]

Reports filed

CPSC Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 605) (S. Rept. 101-37), 10327 [31MY]

Inspection, Testing, and Certification of Fasteners: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3000) (H. Rept. 101-211), 20203 [12SE]

———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 3000) (H. Rept. 101-211), 18187 [2AU]

Summaries

Product Liability Reform Act (S. 1400), 16054 [25JY]

Texts of

H.R. 3000, Fastener Quality Act, 20726-20728 [19SE]

S. 605, authorizing appropriations for CPSC, 18512-18514, 18518-18521 [3AU]

S. 1400, Product Liability Reform Act, 16050-16053 [25JY]