CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4040), S1781 [7MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4040, provisions, S3549 [29AP], H3856 [14MY]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 4040), H7194-H7214 [29JY]

Letters

Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates: several consumer organizations, S7875 [31JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4040), H3854 [14MY], H5844 [23JN], H5997 [24JN]

Remarks in House

CPSC: create and make available to the public a database containing information about unsafe products, H7585 [30JY]

———prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, H7582, H7584, H7586 [30JY]

———require certain manufacturers to provide consumer product registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant or toddler products, H7583 [30JY]

Enact (H.R. 4040), H3854 [14MY], E57 [22JA], E940 [15MY]

———conference report, H7335, H7577-H7588 [30JY], H7636 [31JY], E1645, E1663, E1665, E1670, E1688 [1AU], E1709 [8SE]

———motion to instruct conferees, H3854-H3856 [14MY], H5997, H5998 [24JN]

Product safety: define a children's product as a consumer product designated or intended for children up to age 12, H5997, H5998 [24JN]

———prohibit preemption of State warning laws relative to consumer products or substances, H7580 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

CPSC: modify whistleblower protection, S7876 [31JY]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, S7869 [31JY]

Enact (H.R. 4040), S157, S158 [23JA], S1697 [6MR], S1737-S1739 [7MR]

———conference report, S7620 [29JY], S7843, S7867-S7878, S7897 [31JY]

———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S7867 [31JY]

———insert S. 2663 language in lieu, S1693 [6MR]

Product safety: prohibit preemption of State warning laws relative to consumer products or substances, S7876 [31JY]

———require third-party verification of compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards promulgated by the CPSC, S7871 [31JY]

Senate: tribute to Senators and staff working on H.R. 4040, provisions, S1697, S1699 [6MR]

Senate Rules: compliance with rule on definition of congressionally directed spending items, S7620 [29JY]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4040) (H. Rept. 110-787), H7305 [29JY]

Summaries

Provisions (H.R. 4040), E1689-E1691 [1AU]

Texts of

H.R. 4040, provisions, S1768-S1781 [7MR]