CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT
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]
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): conference report, H7335, H7577-H7588 [30JY], H7636 [31JY], E1645, E1663, E1665, E1670, E1688 [1AU], E1709 [8SE]
Product safety: 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): conference report, S7843, S7867-S7878, S7897 [31JY]
———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S7867 [31JY]
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]
Reports filed
Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4040) (H. Rept. 110-787), H7305 [29JY]
Summaries