CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Articles and editorials
Mothers—Teach Sons About Love, Guns, S12724 [15OC]
Bills and resolutions
Bleachers: issue standard for safety (see H.R. 836), H794 [24FE]
Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see S. 1572), S10694 [9SE] (see H.R. 329), H267 [19JA]
———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 2552), H5838 [19JY]
Consumer Product Safety Act: application to firearms and ammunition (see S. 1190), S6790 [9JN]
———coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (see H.R. 2592), H6352 [22JY]
Courts: allow persons who bring a product liability action for injuries sustained from a product not in compliance with CPSC standards to recover triple damages (see H.R. 3459), H12791 [18NO]
Defective products: improve handling (see H.R. 3208), H11480 [3NO]
Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1657), H2552 [3MY]
Firearms: authorize CPSC to regulate gun safety, ban possession by certain convicted criminals, ban import of handguns without certain safety features, and ban possession by a person with multiple drunk driving convictions (see H.R. 2007), H3856 [8JN]
———authorize CPSC to regulate gun safety and ban import of handguns without certain safety features (see H.R. 2008), H3856 [8JN]
———expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see S. 534), S2273 [4MR]
———protect children from violence (see S. 735), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 1342), H1801 [25MR]
Parks and recreation areas: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H9515 [6OC]
Petroleum: require child-proof caps for portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 3136), H10769 [25OC]
Tobacco products: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 730), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 1130), H1334 [16MR]
Toys: ban realistic toy handguns (see H.R. 1280), H1696 [24MR]
Remarks in House
Children and youth: prohibit importation of children's sleepwear without labels required by CPSC flammability standards, H5674, H5675 [15JY]
Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (H.R. 2592), E1641 [22JY]
Federal employees: tribute to employees who test toys, E144 [4FE]
Firearms: protect children from violence, H2230 [21AP], H2338 [27AP], H3006 [12MY], H3156 [13MY], H3286-H3289 [18MY], H3455 [20MY]
———protect children from violence (H.R. 1342), H2929 [11MY], H3713 [7JN], H4226 [15JN]
Parks and recreation areas: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (H.R. 3032), E2042 [6OC]
Toys: ban realistic toy handguns, H11452 [3NO]
———ban realistic toy handguns (H.R. 1280), H10839 [26OC]
Remarks in Senate
Consumer Product Safety Act: application to firearms and ammunition, S8159 [1JY]
Firearms: protect children from violence, S3989-S3992 [21AP], S4233, S4234, S4240-S4242 [27AP], S4317 [28AP], S4512-S4514 [3MY], S4839 [6MY], S12724 [15OC]
———protect children from violence (S. 735), S3466 [25MR]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S8199 [1JY]
Tobacco products: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 730), S3461 [25MR]
Reports filed
Nomination of Ann Brown To Be CPSC Chairman: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7526 [23JN]
Nomination of Mary S. Gall to the CPSC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, S7526 [23JN]
Summaries
Protect Children From Firearms Violence (S. 735), S3466 [25MR]
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