S 1156
107th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Administrative procedure
Automobile safety standards
Bicycles
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Electric vehicles
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Motor vehicle safety
Product safety
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.
Introduced: June 29, 2001
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Became law
Jun 29, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 29, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7247)
Jun 29, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations.
States that for purposes of Federal motor vehicle safety standards a low-speed electric bicycle as defined by CPSA shall not be considered a motor vehicle under the jurisdiction of Federal transportation law.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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