Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-3547] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Food ] [International ] [National Security ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Trade ] [Water ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Air Quality ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Healthcare ] [Cybersecurity ] [Climate Change ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Animals ] [Arts and Culture ] [Aerospace ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Community Development ] [Senior Citizens ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Manufacturing ] [Mental Health ] [Tourism ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Film Production ] [Inflation ] [Investments ] [Libraries ] [Mining ] [Unemployment ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Poverty ] [Property Tax ] [Recreation ] [Religion ] [Retirement ] [Crime ]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 - (Sec. 5) Makes appropriations for FY2014. (Sec. 6) Declares that each amount designated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) Declares that if, for FY2014, new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 01/17/2014

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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2786] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Healthcare ] [Telecommunications ] [Crime ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, (3) the Office of Inspector General, (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (5) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (7) the Bureau (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ander Crenshaw The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 113-172, By Mr. Crenshaw. on 07/23/2013

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Child Handgun Safety Act [HB-2567] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Child Handgun Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for handguns that requires that: (1) any handgun manufactured in the United States must be child-resistant and include a mechanism that effectively precludes an average five-year old child from operating it when it is ready to fire (effective one year after this Act's enactment date); and (2) any handgun sold, offered for sale, traded, transferred, shipped, leased, or distributed in the United States must be child-resistant (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/15/2013

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To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. [HB-2464] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ]
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the Internal Revenue Code for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms, including shells and cartridges, thereby permitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue safety standards for such articles.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 06/21/2013

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Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013 [HB-2118] [Sports ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress concerning the reduction of sports-related concussions in youth and completion of the National Academies' report on such injuries. Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to review the National Academies' report within five months after the report is completed. Authorizes the CPSC to make recommendations to protective equipment manufacturers regarding whether voluntary standards should be adopted to: (1) reduce the risk of sports-related injury for youth athletes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 05/24/2013

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Personalized Handgun Safety Act [HB-2005] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Consumer Protection ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Manufacturing ] [Public Safety ] [Defense ] [Military ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Crime ]
Personalized Handgun Safety Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to make grants to qualified entities (states or local governments, organizations, or institutions of higher education) to develop technology for personalized handguns (a handgun that enables only the authorized user to fire it). Requires a recipient to use not less than 70% of grant funds to develop technology for personalized handguns. Allows such entity to use not more than: (1) 20% of such funds to develop technology for retrofitted personalized handguns, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/14/2013

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Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2013 [HB-1910] [Consumer Protection ] [Trade ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Agriculture ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [International ]
Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to jurisdiction of courts in the United States over foreign manufacturers that import products into the United States. Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (with respect to drugs, devices, cosmetics, and biological products), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) (with respect to consumer products), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (with respect to chemical substances, new chemical substances, and pesticides) to require (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 06/03/2013

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Children's Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act [S.601] [Consumer Protection ] [Sports ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Children's Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to determine with respect to standards submitted by a voluntary standards-setting organization regarding youth football helmets, reconditioned helmets. and new helmet concussion resistance: (1) whether it is likely that there will be substantial compliance with the standards, (2) whether compliance with such standards is likely to result in the elimination or adequate reduction of the risk of injury, and (3) whether the standards are maintained (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1754-1755) on 03/16/2011

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Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012 [S.3468] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ]
Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012 - Authorizes the President to require an independent regulatory agency to: (1) comply, to the extent permitted by law, with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies; (2) provide the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with an assessment of the costs and benefits of a proposed or final significant rule (i.e., a rule that is likely to have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more and is likely to adversely affect sectors of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 08/01/2012

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Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act [S.3343] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Grants ] [Housing ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to publish the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms and the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors as mandatory consumer product safety standards. Authorizes the CPSC to initiate a rulemaking to amend either standard to include any provision reasonably necessary to ensure the safe and effective operation of carbon monoxide alarms. Requires the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/27/2012

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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [S.3301] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Elections ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Arts and Culture ] [Community Development ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Senior Citizens ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Crime ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs, (3) the Office of Inspector General, (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (5) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (7) the Alcohol (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 112-177. on 06/14/2012

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Children's Sleepwear Labeling Act of 2011 [S.2012] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Children's Sleepwear Labeling Act of 2011 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to require flame resistant children's sleepwear to include a label that indicates: (1) that it is flame resistant, and (2) the chemical name of the flame retardant used.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 12/16/2011

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Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2011 [S.1946] [Trade ] [Consumer Protection ] [Food ] [International ] [Law Enforcement ] [Agriculture ] [Public Health ]
Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to jurisdiction of courts in the United States over foreign manufacturers that import products into the United States. Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (with respect to drugs, devices, cosmetics, and biological products), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) (with respect to consumer products), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (with respect to chemical substances, new chemical substances, and pesticides) to require (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S8186-8187) on 12/05/2011

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Cut Federal Spending Act of 2011 [S.162] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Arts and Culture ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Social Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Property Tax ] [Crime ]
Cut Federal Spending Act of 2011 - Reduces FY2011 appropriations by specified amounts for: (1) the legislative branch; (2) the judicial branch; (3) the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the Forest Service; (4) the Department of Commerce, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); (5) the Department of Defense (DOD) military personnel, procurement, operations and maintenance, research and development, and War funding/Overseas Contingency; (6) the Department of Energy (DOE); (7) the Department of Health and Human (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 1. on 01/26/2011

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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 [S.1573] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Elections ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Cybersecurity ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Construction ] [Real Estate ] [Education ] [Criminal Justice ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Arts and Culture ] [Crime ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) the Office of Inspector General, (3) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (4) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (5) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (6) the Financial Management Service, (7) the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 112-79. on 09/15/2011

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Consumer Product Safety Flexibility Act of 2011 [S.1448] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Consumer Product Safety Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to apply the limit on lead content in children's products only to products manufactured after the effective date of the limit. Exempts off-highway vehicles from the limit on lead content in children's products. Exempts bicycles from such lead limit and applies an alternate limit for the metal component part of the products. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue a final rule on safety standards pertaining to all-terrain (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/28/2011

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Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011 [S.1165] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate: (1) a standard requiring button cell battery compartments of battery-operated or assisted consumer products to be secured in a manner that reduces access to such batteries by children that are three years of age or younger; and (2) standards requiring warning labels to be included in any literature that accompanies such a product, on packaging for such batteries sold to consumers, and directly on such a product in a manner that is visible (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John D. Rockefeller Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3688-3689) on 06/09/2011

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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-6020] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Elections ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of the Treasury. Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Executive Office of the President. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts and related offices. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 112-550, By Mrs. Emerson. on 06/26/2012

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Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act [HB-4326] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Housing ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to publish the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms and the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors as mandatory consumer product safety standards. Authorizes the CPSC to initiate a rulemaking to amend either standard to include any provision reasonably necessary to ensure the safe and effective operation of carbon monoxide alarms. Requires the CPSC to establish a grant (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Grace F. Napolitano Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 03/30/2012

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Drywall Safety Act of 2012 [HB-4212] [Consumer Protection ] [Housing ] [Construction ] [Public Health ] [Manufacturing ] [Trade ] [International ] [Public Safety ]
Drywall Safety Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Commerce should insist that: (1) the government of China, which has ownership interests in the companies that manufactured and exported problematic drywall to the United States, facilitate a meeting between the companies and U.S. government representatives about remedying affected homeowners; and (2) such companies comply with any related U.S. court decisions. (Sec. 3) Requires certain gypsum board labeling standards of ASTM International (formerly known (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman Signed By President. on 01/14/2013

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