NEWS RELEASE

Committee on Energy and Commerce
Rep. John D. Dingell, Chairman

Consumer Product Safety Conferees Agree to 21 Provisions

Washington, D.C. – Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Representative John D. Dingell (D-Mich.), Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), and Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) announce that at today’s Conference Committee Meeting for H.R. 4040, the Reauthorization of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following items were approved by unanimous consent pending final adoption of the complete conference report.

1. Tracking Labels for Children’s Products
2. Durable Nursery Product Standards
3. Catalog and Internet Advertising
4. Study of Injuries and Deaths in Minority Children
5. Full Commission Requirement and Interim Quorum
6. Submission of Documents to Congress
7. Expedited Rulemaking
8. Prohibition on Stockpiling
9. Enhanced Recall Authority
10. Corrective Action Plans
11. Requirements for Recall Notices
12. Inspection of Proprietary Labs
13. Identification of Manufacturers
14. Increased Civil Penalty
15. Sharing of Information with Government Agencies
16. Repeal of Section 30(d) of the Consumer Product Safety Act
17. Industry Sponsored Travel Ban
18. Annual Reporting Requirement
19. Study of effectiveness of authorities related to imported product safety
20. Cost Benefit Analysis for the Poison Prevention Packaging Act
21. Employee Training Exchanges

Today’s Conference proceedings were cut short by a series of House and Senate votes. The Conferees plan to meet again in early July following the Congressional recess.

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