Open Congress : Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection - Major Bill Actions2008-08-31T00:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007-01-01:/committee/207Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/1688282008-08-31T00:00:00Z
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.<br /><br />August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House. Bill Enacted: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/1689522008-08-14T00:00:00Z
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.<br /><br />August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-314. Bill Signed by President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/1689512008-08-14T00:00:00Z
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.<br /><br />August 14, 2008: Signed by President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/action/1689192008-08-06T00:00:00Z
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.<br /><br />August 06, 2008: Presented to President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/1689012008-07-31T00:00:00Z
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.<br /><br />July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House. Bill Enacted: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/1666182008-07-17T00:00:00Z
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.<br /><br />July 17, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-278. Bill Signed by President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/1664532008-07-17T00:00:00Z
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.<br /><br />July 17, 2008: Signed by President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/action/1653372008-07-07T00:00:00Z
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.<br /><br />July 07, 2008: Presented to President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-06-16:/action/1611842008-06-16T00:00:00Z
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.<br /><br />June 16, 2008: Cleared for White House. Bill Introduced: H.R.6068 Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-15:/action/1574852008-05-15T00:00:00Z
To establish a grant program to assist States in inspecting hotel rooms for bed bugs.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6033 Home-Based Health Services Job Training and Caregiving Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/action/1570042008-05-13T00:00:00Z
To promote training and employment for public housing residents in home-based health services so such residents can provide Medicaid covered home-based health services to elderly and disabled persons receiving public housing assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6017 To ameliorate the effects of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes by reducing phosphorus inputs, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-08:/action/1566302008-05-08T00:00:00Z
To ameliorate the effects of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes by reducing phosphorus inputs, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5990 Video Games Ratings Enforcement Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/action/1564392008-05-07T00:00:00Z
To require ratings label on video games and to prohibit the sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.Res.1171 Congratulating the on-premises sign industry for its contributions to the success of small businesses on the occasion of its 62nd Annual International Sign Expo.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/action/1520732008-05-01T00:00:00Z
Congratulating the on-premises sign industry for its contributions to the success of small businesses on the occasion of its 62nd Annual International Sign Expo.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5769 Stop M-Spam Abuse as a Sales industry Habit Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-10:/action/1497242008-04-10T00:00:00Z
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5734 Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/1492252008-04-09T00:00:00Z
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5753 To prohibit the sale of kitchen ranges or ovens which do not include a design, bracket, or other device which complies with an applicable consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the product from tipping.tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/1492832008-04-09T00:00:00Z
To prohibit the sale of kitchen ranges or ovens which do not include a design, bracket, or other device which complies with an applicable consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the product from tipping.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5738 Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/1492902008-04-09T00:00:00Z
To improve the protections afforded under Federal law to consumers from contaminated seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies, to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public in or affecting interstate commerce is fit for human consumption.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5717 Inform and Deter Spam Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-04-08:/action/1490762008-04-08T00:00:00Z
To establish a reward system to provide monetary awards to individuals who provide information relating to violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5692 Infant Crib Safety Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-04-03:/action/1555262008-04-03T00:00:00Z
To provide for infant crib safety, and for other purposes.<br /><br />