NEWS RELEASECommittee on Energy and Commerce
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For Immediate Release:
July 17, 2008
Contact:
Jodi Seth or Brin Frazier (Dingell) / (202) 225-5735, Rob Blumenthal (Inouye) / (202) 224-8374,
Joe Brenckle (Stevens) / (202) 224-3991, Lisa Miller (Barton) / (202) 225-3641
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CPSC Conferees Agree to Nine Additional Provisions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Representative John 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 adopted by a unanimous voice vote pending final adoption of the complete conference report.
1. Export of Recalled and Non-conforming Products
2. Import Safety Management and Interagency Cooperation
3. Substantial Product Hazard List and Destruction of Noncompliant Imported Products
4. Financial Responsibility
5. Inspector General Audits and Reports
6. Children’s Products Containing Lead; lead paint rule
7. Enforcement by State Attorneys General
8. Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Database
9. Public Disclosure of Information
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