PRODUCT SAFETY
Bills and resolutions
Business and industry: require businesses to warn employees, consumers, and the appropriate Federal officials of any product or service that poses serious danger to the public (see H.R. 6544), H8785 [17DE]
Children and youth: ban the sale, manufacture, distribution, and use in public facilities of drop-side cribs (see S. 3400), S4143 [24MY] (see H.R. 5386), H3822 [25MY]
Courts: eliminate the learned intermediary defense to tort claims based on product liability (see H.R. 6421), H7548 [17NO]
———restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 5419), H3870 [26MY]
CPSC: exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed material from certain lead limits (see H.R. 4767), H1168 [4MR]
———prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (see H.R. 4456), H139 [13JA]
———prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony (see S. 2975), S439 [2FE] (see H.R. 4428), H138 [13JA]
———promulgate consumer product safety standard requiring child-proof closures on remote controls and other electronic products that use button cell batteries (see S. 3896), S7787 [29SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: develop an effective sampling and testing program to test for E. coli in boneless beef manufacturing trimmings and other raw ground beef components (see H.R. 6024), H6569 [30JY]
Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 6543), H8785 [17DE]
FCC: promulgate regulations requiring a label on packaging of certain baby monitors warning that signals may be intercepted by potential intruders (see H.R. 6463), H7854 [1DE]
FDA: help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (see H.R. 4520), H386 [26JA]
Food: improve communication to consumers when there is a food recall (see S. 3114), S1516 [15MR]
———strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see S. 3928), S7788 [29SE]
Foreign trade: prohibit import of paper products not manufactured in accordance with requirements under Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 6285), H7390 [29SE]
———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 4678), H832 [24FE]
Health: support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development of regenerative products and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (see H.R. 6173), H6879 [22SE]
Labeling: require inclusion of warning labels on Internet and catalogue advertising of certain toys and games (see H.R. 5887), H6163 [27JY]
Pharmaceuticals: ensure that rules for approval of pharmaceutical and biological products do not require medical ethics violations in human and vertebrate animal testing (see S. 3921), S7788 [29SE]
Taxation: exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4697), H932 [25FE]
———provide deductions for costs incurred to remediate hazardous drywall in principal residences and for living costs due to vacating such residence, and credits for moving expenses (see H.R. 4881), H1656 [18MR]
Lists
Leading retailers and manufacturers phasing out bisphenol A (BPA), S7942 [17NO]
Remarks in House
CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 1796), H6190-H6192 [28JY]
Dept. of HUD: extend special funds to be used to remediate damage from installation of tainted drywall, H4357 [10JN]
FDA: help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (H.R. 4520), E93 [26JA]
Foreign trade: require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (H.R. 4678), H5900 [21JY]
Remarks in Senate
CPSC: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (BPA), S7941, S7942 [17NO]
———promulgate consumer product safety standard requiring child-proof closures on remote controls and other electronic products that use button cell batteries (S. 3896), S7803 [29SE]
Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood, S7922 [17NO]
Foreign trade: require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers, S4931-S4933 [15JN], S5390, S5391 [24JN]
Reports filed
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act (H.R. 1796) (H. Rept. 111-573), H6162 [27JY]
Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4678) (H. Rept. 111-683), H8597 [16DE]
Texts of
H.R. 1796, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, H6190 [28JY]