CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see H.R. 2993), H6136 [2OC]

Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 528), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 730), H440 [27FE]

———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. 367), H164 [31JA]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (see S. 1156), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 727), H440 [27FE]

———coverage of low-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices (see H.R. 1426), H1483 (see H.R. 1426), H1493 [4AP]

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. 736), H441 [27FE]

Firearms: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see S. 416), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 499), H222 [7FE]

———expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see S. 330), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 671), H396 [14FE]

Parks and recreation areas: provide grants to States to improve safety at public playgrounds (see H.R. 2159), H3149 [13JN]

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 1488), H1487 (see H.R. 1488), H1496 [4AP]

Petroleum: require child-proof caps for portable gasoline containers (see S. 1485), S10058 [2OC] (see H.R. 688), H397 [14FE]

Product safety: conduct a study on methods to increase the percentage of consumers effectively reached by recalls (see H.R. 3404), H8948 [5DE]

Safety: promulgate a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 3283), H8132 [13NO]

Ships and vessels: issue safety standards for marine internal combustion engines relative to toxic emissions (see H.R. 3385), H8841 [4DE]

Toys: ban realistic toy handguns (see H.R. 215), H62 [6JA]

Lists

Supporters of H.R. 1488, National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act, E545 [5AP]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 2993), E1776 [2OC]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (H.R. 727), H633-H635 [6MR]

Parks and recreation areas: provide grants to States to improve safety at public playgrounds (H.R. 2159), E1093 [13JN]

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (H.R. 1488), E544 [5AP]

Wood: EPA and CPSC study of safety of arsenic-treated wood used in playground equipment, H7937 [8NO]

Remarks in Senate

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (S. 1156), S7247 [29JN]

Firearms: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (S. 416), S1711 [28FE]

———expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (S. 330), S1404 [14FE]

Gall, Mary S.: nomination to be CPSC Chair, S8452 [31JY]

Reports filed

Consumer Product Safety Act Coverage of Low-Speed Electric Bicycles: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 727) (H. Rept. 107-5), H628 [5MR]

Texts of

H.R. 727, Consumer Product Safety Act coverage of low-speed electric bicycles, H633 [6MR]

S. 330, Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act, S1404-S1406 [14FE]