HR 2727
107th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative procedure
Arsenic
Building materials
Child safety
Commerce
Consumer goods
Consumer protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental research
Equipment and supplies
Families
Furniture industry
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Labeling
Arsenic-Lumber Child Protection Act
Introduced: August 2, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Aug 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Aug 2, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 2, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Arsenic-Lumber Child Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate lumber treated with inorganic arsenicals or chromated copper arsenicals (CCA lumber) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), notwithstanding exemptions from FIFRA regulation of pesticides used in the treatment of wood products. Requires that such regulation deem CCA lumber as misbranded unless its labeling discloses that: (1) it has been treated with arsenic; and (2) manufacture or commercial distribution of a product constructed with such lumber is a violation of Federal law if the product is playground equipment or any item intended for use primarily by children.
Requires a study concerning the health effects of using consumer products whose usual use involves direct contact with CCA lumber.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.