[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1699 Engrossed in House (EH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1699
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require certain
manufacturers to provide consumer product registration forms to
facilitate recalls of durable infant and toddler products.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Danny Keysar Child Product Safety
Notification Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death
among children, and for every such injury that is fatal,
approximately 18 children are hospitalized and 1,250 are
treated by emergency departments for such injuries that are
nonfatal.
(2) According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an
average of 50 children under the age of 5 die each year in
incidents associated with nursery products, and about 16 of
these deaths each year are associated with cribs.
(3) In 2003, an estimated 60,700 children under the age of
5 were treated in United States hospital emergency rooms for
injuries associated with nursery products, and there were
10,700 injuries to children under the age of 5 years associated
with strollers alone.
(4) Of the 397 recalls issued by the Consumer Product
Safety Commission in fiscal year 2005, 109 (or 27 percent) were
children's products. Children's products were recalled, on
average, over 2 times per week, and accounted for 19,635,627
individual units.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Consumer
Product Safety Commission.
(2) Durable infant or toddler product.--The term ``durable
infant or toddler product''--
(A) means a durable product intended for use, or
that may be reasonably expected to be used, by children
under the age of 5 years; and
(B) shall include--
(i) full-size cribs and nonfull-size cribs;
(ii) toddler beds;
(iii) high chairs, booster chairs, and
hook-on chairs;
(iv) bath seats;
(v) gates and other enclosures for
confining a child;
(vi) play yards;
(vii) stationary activity centers;
(viii) infant carriers;
(ix) strollers;
(x) walkers;
(xi) swings; and
(xii) bassinets and cradles.
SEC. 4. CONSUMER PRODUCT REGISTRATION FORMS.
(a) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Commission shall, pursuant to its authority under
section 16(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2065(b)),
promulgate a final consumer product safety rule to require
manufacturers of durable infant or toddler products--
(1) to provide consumers with a postage-paid consumer
registration form with each such product;
(2) to maintain a record of the names, addresses, email
addresses, and other contact information of consumers who
register their ownership of such products with the manufacturer
in order to improve the effectiveness of manufacturer campaigns
to recall such products; and
(3) to permanently place the manufacturer name and contact
information, model name and number, and the date of manufacture
on each durable infant or toddler product.
(b) Requirements for Registration Form.--The registration form
required to be provided to consumers under subsection (a) shall--
(1) include spaces for a consumer to provide their name,
address, telephone number, and email address;
(2) include space sufficiently large to permit easy,
legible recording of all desired information;
(3) be attached to the surface of each durable infant or
toddler product so that, as a practical matter, the consumer
must notice and handle the form after purchasing the product;
(4) include the manufacturer's name, model name and number
for the product, and the date of manufacture;
(5) include a message explaining the purpose of the
registration and designed to encourage consumers to complete
the registration;
(6) include an option for consumers to register through the
Internet; and
(7) include a statement that information provided by the
consumer shall not be used for any purpose other than to
facilitate a recall of or safety alert regarding that product.
In issuing regulations under this section, the Commission may prescribe
the exact text and format of the required registration form.
(c) Record Keeping and Notification Requirements.--The standard
required under this section shall require each manufacturer of a
durable infant or toddler product to maintain a record of registrants
for each product manufactured that includes all of the information
provided by each consumer registered, and to use such information to
notify such consumers in the event of a voluntary or involuntary recall
of or safety alert regarding such product. Each manufacturer shall
maintain such a record for a period of not less than 6 years after the
date of manufacture of the product. Consumer information collected by a
manufacturer under this Act may not be used by the manufacturer, nor
disseminated by such manufacturer to any other party, for any purpose
other than notification to such consumer in the event of a product
recall or safety alert.
(d) Study.--The Commission shall conduct a study at such time as it
considers appropriate on the effectiveness of the consumer registration
forms in facilitating product recalls. Not later than 4 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall report its findings
to Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives October 9, 2007.
Attest:
Clerk.
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1699
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require certain
manufacturers to provide consumer product registration forms to
facilitate recalls of durable infant and toddler products.