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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Product safety</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5185</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3660 Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3660/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/action/176282</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that standard as a consumer product safety rule, to encourage States to require the installation of such detectors in homes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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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 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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    <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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  <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>
  </entry>
  <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,2008-07-31:/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 Signed by President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/166453</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 17, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/166618</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 17, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-278.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3274 National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3274/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-16:/action/166566</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/action/165337</id>
    <updated>2008-07-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 07, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-16:/action/161184</id>
    <updated>2008-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 16, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3138 Do-Not-Text Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3138/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-16:/action/160947</id>
    <updated>2008-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prohibit text message spam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6270 Access, Compassion, Care, and Ethics for Seriously Ill Patients Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6270/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/action/160203</id>
    <updated>2008-06-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3083 TRADE Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3083/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-04:/action/159137</id>
    <updated>2008-06-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, to set terms for future trade agreements, to express the sense of the Senate that the role of Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3046 ACCESS Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3046/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158448</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6100 Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6100/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157556</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3040 Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157999</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3020 Food and Drug Administration Accountability and Transparency Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3020/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-15:/action/157377</id>
    <updated>2008-05-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the postmarket surveillance of devices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>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.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5753/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149283</id>
    <updated>2008-04-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5692 Infant Crib Safety Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5692/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-03:/action/155526</id>
    <updated>2008-04-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for infant crib safety, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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