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HR 3658 107th Congress House

Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002

Official title: To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer products safety standard that requires manufacturers of certain consumer products to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer products safety standard that requires manufacturers of certain consumer products to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls of such products to consumers who first purchase such a product.

Introduced: January 29, 2002 See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative procedureChild safetyConsumer Product Safety CommissionConsumer education
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 29, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 29, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 4, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002 - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard that requires the manufacturer of a covered consumer product to establish and maintain a consumer notification system for product recalls.

Prescribes database requirements.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 29, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3658: Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3658/
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"H.R. 3658: Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3658/.
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H.R. 3658, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3658/.
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