PRODUCT SAFETY

Amendments

Crime: provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (S. 1233), S10589, S10594 [16OC]

Articles and editorials

Rolling Along—Lobbying Campaign Could Determine Fate of a Hyped Scooter—It Is Illegal on Most Sidewalks, but Maker Has Influence—Will the Segway Sell?, H1174 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: manufacture children's sleepwear in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see S. 2208), S2950 [18AP]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (see S. 2188), S2829 [17AP] (see H.R. 4896), H3291 [6JN]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (see S. 2843), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 3658), H104 [29JA]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 2499), S4145 [9MY] (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE] (see H.R. 4704), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]

Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 2681), S6126 [26JN]

Remarks in House

Courts: prohibit the sealing of records in class action settlements where the health and safety of the public are at risk, H859, H860 [13MR]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (H.R. 4896), E997 [7JN]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (H.R. 3658), E59 [29JA]

———tribute, E59 [29JA]

Remarks in Senate

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (H.R. 727), S11342 [18NO], S11551 [19NO]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (S. 2188), S2841 [17AP]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (S. 2843), S7910 [1AU]

Crime: provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (S. 1233), S10594 [16OC]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 2499), S4163 [9MY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 3001), S9231 [25SE]

Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (S. 2681), S6128 [26JN], S6354 [8JY]

Reports filed

Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2499) (S. Rept. 107-322), S10674 [17OC]

Texts of

S. 1233, Product Packaging Protection Act, S10594 [16OC]

S. 2188, Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act, S2842 [17AP]

S. 2499, Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act, S4164 [9MY]

S. 2681, Equestrian Helmet Safety Act, S6129 [26JN]

S. 2843, Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act, S7910 [1AU]

S. 3001, Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, S9231-S9233 [25SE]