House Committee to Consider Bill to Amend CPSIA
The House and Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a markup on May 25-26 on H.R. 1939. The bill would amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) to make it less stringent and allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) greater authority and flexibility to regulate based on risk. According to the Committee, it is the same legislation reported by voice vote by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade on May 12, 2011.
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H.R. 1939 is called the Enhancing CPSC Authority and Discretion Act of 2011.
Would Delay/Limit 100 ppm Lead, Reduce 3rd-Party Testing, Change Database, Etc.
Among other things, H.R. 1939 would:
- reduce the number of children’s products affected by the CPSIA’s 100 parts per million (ppm) lead content limit;
- delay the 100 ppm lead content limit until August 14, 2012;
- create a “functional purpose” lead content exemption;
- reduce the number of children’s products requiring third-party testing;
- apply the phthalate limits in children’s products only to accessible parts;
- make several changes to the public database of safety incidents;
- provide exemptions from the tracking label requirement for children’s products; etc.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/13/11 news, 11051308, for BP summary of the version reported by the subcommittee on May 12, 2011.)
Committee to Make Text of Bill, Other Info Available
The text of the bill, background memo, opening statements, amendments, and a live webcast will be available here.