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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Defective products</title>
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  <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6807</id>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/168828</id>
    <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168952</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-314.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168951</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/action/168919</id>
    <updated>2008-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/168901</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5069 Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5069/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-17:/action/142182</id>
    <updated>2008-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2418 Ending Agricultural Threats: Safeguarding America's Food for Everyone (EAT SAFE) Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2418/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-05:/action/139018</id>
    <updated>2007-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to ensure the safety of imported food products for the citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4076 Tim Fagan's Law</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4076/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-05:/action/135886</id>
    <updated>2007-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, to modify requirements for maintaining records of the chain-of-custody of prescription drugs, to establish recall authority regarding drugs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-01:/action/135591</id>
    <updated>2007-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2256 International and Domestic Product Safety Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2256/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-29:/action/135114</id>
    <updated>2007-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish an Office of International and Domestic Product Safety and a Product Safety Coordinating Council to improve the management, coordination, promotion, and oversight of product safety responsibilities, develop a centralized public database for product recalls, advisories, and alerts, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3937 Food Import Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3937/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/action/134560</id>
    <updated>2007-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3903 Kids' Toys Safety Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3903/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-18:/action/132812</id>
    <updated>2007-10-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the development of a multi-stage product testing process to ensure compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3743 To declare certain children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3743/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-03:/action/131447</id>
    <updated>2007-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To declare certain children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3691 SAFE Consumer Product Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3691/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-27:/action/130808</id>
    <updated>2007-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize and improve the Consumer Product Safety Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3624 Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3624/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-20:/action/129810</id>
    <updated>2007-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of food products intended for human consumption which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2081 Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2081/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-20:/action/129861</id>
    <updated>2007-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3588 Family Product Safety Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3588/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-19:/action/129613</id>
    <updated>2007-09-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority to require recalls, mandatory routine product testing, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3542 To declare water hoses containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3542/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-17:/action/129230</id>
    <updated>2007-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To declare water hoses containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2045 CPSC Reform Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2045/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-12:/action/128953</id>
    <updated>2007-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2037 A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to make it unlawful to sell a recalled product, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2037/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-11:/action/128867</id>
    <updated>2007-09-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to make it unlawful to sell a recalled product, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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