U.S. Congress - H.R.3716 Safe Toys for Kids Act
H.R.3716 - Safe Toys for Kids Act
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require independent safety certification of children's products, to increase the Consumer Product Safety Commission's inspection capability for imported products, and to prohibit hazardous imports based on manufacturing site, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Safe Toys for Kids Act as introduced.
- Official: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require independent safety certification of children's products, to increase the Consumer Product Safety Commission's inspection capability for imported products, and to prohibit hazardous imports based on manufacturing site, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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Official Summary
10/1/2007--Introduced.Safe Toys for Kids Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require every manufacturer (and any related private labeler) of an article for use by a child under 60 months of age which is subject to a consumer product safety standard or a rule under any Act adminOfficial Summary
10/1/2007--Introduced.Safe Toys for Kids Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require every manufacturer (and any related private labeler) of an article for use by a child under 60 months of age which is subject to a consumer product safety standard or a rule under any Act administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous product to certify, based on testing conducted by a nongovernmental independent third party, that the product conforms to such standard or is not a banned hazardous product. Bars importation of such articles lacking independent third party certification. Allows the CPSC, by rule, to designate as a banned manufacturing site any facility in which consumer products are manufactured that has regularly produced consumer products which fail to comply with any applicable consumer product safety standard or engages in acts or practices likely to result in the production of imminently hazardous consumer products. Prohibits imports from banned sites.
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toy safety
Jim Walsh last week introduced HR 3716, The Safe Toys for Kids Act, to ensure the safety of toys produced abroad as well as other goods imported into the United States. Another couple of posts and articles ...
HR 3716: Safe Toys for Kids Act
Sponsor: Jim Walsh (New York, 25th). Title: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require independent safety certification of childrenâs products, to increase the Consumer Product Safety Commissionâs inspection capability for ...
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