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. 4451), H3195 [10AP]

Chemicals: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 2572), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5033), H6034 [9JY]

Consumers: expand prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children’s products that contain phthalates (see S. 2120), S1584 [12MR]

Corporations: establish criminal penalties for corporate officers failing to inform and warn of serious dangers posed by corporate actions or products (see S. 2615), S4557 [16JY]

Courts: 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 S. 2364), S3184 [20MY] (see H.R. 4361), H2801 [1AP]

CPSC: ban certain chemical flame retardants from upholstered furniture and children’s products (see S. 2811), S5588 [15SE]

——— issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 2581), S4404 [10JY] (see H.R. 5486), H7617 [16SE]

——— require household cleaning products bear a label that contains a complete and accurate list of ingredients (see H.R. 4476), H3196 [10AP]

——— require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 4864), H5363 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meats from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, and reform certain livestock programs (see S. 2764), S5217 [31JY]

Dept. of Transportation: eliminate cap on maximum civil penalties allowed against automakers for safety violations or failure to report known defects (see S. 2398), S3294 [22MY]

——— establish new standards for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries (see S. 2284), S2614 [1MY]

Health: support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (see H.R. 4494), H3240 [28AP]

NIH: research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 4746), H4909 [28MY]

Safety: require all equestrian helmets manufactured or sold in the U.S. to meet a minimum safety standard (see S. 2972), S6302 [3DE]

Sports: encourage and ensure the use of safe equestrian helmets (see H.R. 4552), H3407 [1MY]

——— provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H1480 [28JA]

Letters

Prohibit funding for proposed CPSC rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’: Ann Brown, H6283 [15JY]

——— Senator King, H6283 [15JY]

——— Senators Casey and Toomey, H6283 [15JY]

Remarks in House

CPSC: funding, H6331, H6332 [16JY]

——— increase third-party testing regulatory relief funding through reduction in IRS enforcement account funding, H6187, H6188 [14JY], E1177 [16JY]

——— prohibit funding for proposed rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’, H6282–H6284 [15JY], E1177 [16JY]

——— require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 4864), H8078 [19NO]

Health: support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (H.R. 4494), H3252 [29AP]

NIH: research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (H.R. 4746), E847 [28MY]

Safety: encourage use of carbon monoxide detectors, E274 [28FE]

Underwriters Laboratories LLC: anniversary, E465 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product, S5044 [29JY]

——— hold Chinese manufacturers accountable for damages from installation of tainted drywall, S5299 [31JY]

——— issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 2581), S4406 [10JY], S4447 [14JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: coordinate efforts with FDA to secure work visas for U.S. food safety inspectors to investigate Chinese processing facilities that produce pet food and chicken for human consumption, S3804 [18JN]

FDA: investigate safety of pet food, pet treats, processed chicken, and animal feed imported from China, S3803 [18JN]

Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd.: refusal to appear in U.S. District Court regarding drywall manufactured in China litigation, S4977 [28JY], S5043 [29JY], S5299 [31JY]

Reports filed

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1793) (S. Rept. 113–269), S5918 [12NO]

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2581), S5779 [18SE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2581) (S. Rept. 113–311), S6788 [12DE]

Youth Sports Concussion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1014), S6388 [8DE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1014) (S. Rept. 113–310), S6788 [12DE]

Texts of

S. 2581, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, S4406 [10JY]