Consumer - Legislation
- Bill Introduced: H.R.968 To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief ...
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses.
(February 8, 2009) - Bill Introduced: S.389 A bill to establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's ...
A bill to establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products, and for other purposes.
(February 3, 2009) - Bill Introduced: S.374 A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory ...
A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses.
(February 2, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.418 Safe Access in Fire Emergencies Act of 2009
To confirm the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring that all such bars include a quick-release mechanism.
(January 7, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.231 The Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009
To require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content.
(January 5, 2009) - Bill Enacted: S.3663 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act
A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.
December 24, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-459.
(December 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3689 Economic Recovery Act of 2008
A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
(November 15, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.
October 03, 2008: Cleared for White House.
(October 1, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3660 Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act
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.
(September 29, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.7013 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act
To require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.
(September 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6908 Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008
To require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable.
(September 14, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007
To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.
(August 29, 2008) - Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.
(August 29, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.6432 Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and for other purposes.
August 14, 2008: Signed by President.
(August 12, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.
July 30, 2008: Signed by President.
(July 28, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3327 Empowered at Home Act of 2008
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
(July 22, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.3403 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007
To promote and enhance public safety by facilitating the rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encouraging the nation's transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities.
July 23, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-283.
(July 21, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.
July 17, 2008: Signed by President.
(July 15, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3274 National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008
A bill to reauthorize the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, and for other purposes.
(July 14, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3260 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009
An original bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
(July 12, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6346 Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act
To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes.
(June 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5717 ID Spam Act
To establish a reward system to provide monetary awards to individuals who provide information relating to violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.
(April 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5692 Infant Crib Safety Act
To provide for infant crib safety, and for other purposes.
(April 1, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2663 CPSC Reform Act
A bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes.
(February 23, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5471 To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe rules ...
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe rules requiring distinctive markings on toy and look-alike firearms.
(February 12, 2008)