CPSC Reform Act of 2007

Summary

CPSC Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to reauthorize the Act and provide for research relating to nanotechnology in consumer products. Establishes or modifies requirements regarding: (1) procedures regarding the public disclosure of information regarding a consumer product; (2) promulgation of Consumer Product Safety Act rules and Federal Hazardous Substances Act regulations; (3) product stockpiling; (4) third-party testing of children's products, prohibiting importation of children's products lacking testing certification; (5) marking on products or packaging indicating source, date, and cohort; (6) notification to the CPSC of substantial product hazards in any product or substance over which the CPSC has jurisdiction under any Act; (7) corrective actions; (8) disclosure to the CPSC of the manufacturer, retailer, distributor, and contractor involved with a product or substance; (9) termination of import licenses of repeat offenders; (10) manufacture, sale, distribution, or importation of recalled products; (11) exportation of nonconforming consumer products or banned hazardous substances; (12) sale, distribution, or importation of a product bearing a false certification by a nationally recognized laboratory; (13) misrepresentations to the CPSC; (14) certificates of compliance with mandatory standards; (15) preemption of state product safety standards; (16) CPSC disclosure of information to federal, state, local, or foreign government agencies; (17) requiring manufacturers or distributors to post a bond to cover recall costs or, for imported products or substances, holding costs; (18) enforcement by state attorneys general; (19) whistleblower protection for employees of manufacturers, private labelers, distributors, and retailers; and (20) the treatment of children's products containing lead. Amends the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 to prohibit construing that Act to require a cost-benefit analysis in establishing special packaging standards.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 5 December 2007

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 5 December 2007

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 5 December 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 September 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 September 2007

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 12 September 2007

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