HR 4030
110th Congress
House
Commerce
Birth defects
Carcinogens
Child development
Child health
Child safety
Environmental Protection
Families
Health
Plastics
Product safety
Reproduction
Toys
Children's Chemical Risk Reduction Act
Introduced: October 31, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 31, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 31, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Children's Chemical Risk Reduction Act - Requires any children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Applies certain prohibitions of that Act to such product article.
Provides that, if a manufacturer modifies a children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to comply with such ban, it shall: (1) use an alternative to phthalates that is the least toxic; and (2) not use any of specified prohibited alternatives to phthalates.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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