HR 4266
110th Congress
House
Commerce
Administrative procedure
Child safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Families
Furniture industry
Glass and glass industry
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Standards
Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act
Introduced: December 4, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 4, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 4, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Dec 4, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate final consumer product safety standards, applicable to any furniture the CPSC determines poses a substantial safety hazard due to tipping, that are (at a minimum) substantially the same as a specified ASTM standard.
Requires the CPSC to promulgate final consumer product safety standards to require that, in any furniture containing a glass surface or pane of a size that poses a safety hazard on breaking, the glass be safety glass.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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