H.R.4040 - Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act

To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. view all titles (10)

All Bill Titles

  • Short: CPSC Reform Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act as enacted.
  • Short: Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act as introduced.
  • Short: Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act as passed house.
  • Short: Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act as passed house.
  • Official: To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. as introduced.
  • Short: Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act as reported to house.

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12/17/08
Youth furniture outlook for 2009

Also known as HR 4040, the bill requires manufacturers and importers to subject products intended for use by individuals under the age o...

Source: Kids Today, NC
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12/04/08
Unsafe Toys, A Pernicious Problem

... ppm) established by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 4040) and will be illegal in February when the legislatio...

Source: Westport-News, CT
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09/25/08
A2LA Announces Accreditation of Te...

...lays out a time line for implementation of remaining children's products over the course of the upcoming year (refer to H.R. 4040, sec...

Source: PR Newswire
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08/25/08
SGS & TIA to Discuss Proposed Toy ...

“Stakeholders in the industry will need to understand this proposed program, as well as how the TSCP links with aggressive new federal ...

Source: Business Wire (press release), CA
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08/16/08
Orangeburg's Harrison watches hist...

... and HR 4040-The Conference Report on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. These bills garnered bipartisan support and passed ...

Source: Orangeburg Times Democrat, SC
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08/14/08
NEMA commends Congress for strengt...

August 15, 2008 - Prior to adjourning for summer district work period, US House of Representatives and Senate overwhelmingly approved leg...

Source: ThomasNet Industrial News Room, NY
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08/13/08
Bush signs product safety law

HR 4040, which Congress approved last month, reauthorizes the commission for fiscal years 2010-2014, the White House said in a statement....

Source: United Press International
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08/11/08
AMA News & Notes - Sept 2008

Congress wants stricter safety standards for All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), as indicated by their passage of HR 4040, the Consumer Product ...

Source: MotorcycleUSA.com, OR
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08/10/08
IWLA Scores Government Affairs Vic...

Legislation (HR 4040) now at the White House marks the first time that the term third-party logistics provider has been defined in federa...

Source: Logistics Online (press release), PA
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08/10/08
Product safety law could mean more...

... of unsafe products, the chamber contends. The text of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 4040) is available at t...

Source: Business Journal, FL
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Blog Coverage

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07/12/10
Keep Our Food Safe

Keep Our Food Safe, a blog from AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association.

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04/19/09
Federal toy and product safety dat...

By Nancy Watzman on 04/20/09 @ 9:21 am | 0 Comments. Tags: Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, dangerous toys, database, peanut but...

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03/12/09
The Common Room: The ALA was FOR C...

Homeschooling family of 9 chats about education, cooking, crafting, politics, literature, leadership (as HM has time), music, once the pr...

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01/11/09
Get the Lead Out

Why does it seem whenever the US Government tries to "look out for our well-being", it nearly always ends up doing the opposite? I'd like...

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01/08/09
Lead Testing Law: Kid Friendly or ...

... BuzzTV/Movies · CitizenNews · CasaHome · DearLove/Sex · LilBaby/Kids · SavvyMoney · FitHealth · YumFood/Party · PetPets · GeekTech · ...

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01/06/09
Plum Campaign: Opening skirmishes ...

You can read the bill here; if you do a google "news" search for H.R. 4040: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 you can read ...

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01/06/09
Personal Pensieve: So, what's so s...

Congress and the Senate recently passed H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). As Shedoeshair puts it, "It is a ...

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01/06/09
Allthingsribbon.com: CPSIA Insanity

I’m talking about H.R. 4040, the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) signed into law August 14, 2008, and the ramificati...

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01/05/09
Save Handmade!

Way to go Government! This is Olivia’s explanation of the situation: “The government wants to tell Mom that she’s not allowed to sew .....

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01/05/09
Consumer Products Safety Improveme...

Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act: Part III: How Un-American! ... by H.R.4040 will include but are not limited to those who manuf...

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