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HR 1046 111th Congress House

Children's Product Safety Enhancement and Clarification Act of 2009

Official title: To ensure the effective implementation of children's product safety standards under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

Introduced: February 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
Commerce Child safety and welfareHazardous wastes and toxic substancesManufacturingProduct safety and quality
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Feb 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Feb 12, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 13, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Product Safety Enhancement and Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to exempt a children's product made solely out of fabric from provisions limiting the amount of lead in children's products.

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in implementing those lead limits with regard to a small business, a person who sells used goods, or a charity to: (1) work cooperatively with the entity; (2) take into account economic, administrative, or other limits on the entity's compliance ability; and (3) construe those provisions favorably to the entity.

Exempts a children's product made solely out of fabric from provisions requiring a manufacturer to certify, based on third party testing, that the product complies with an applicable children's product safety rule before importing, warehousing, or distributing the product.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1046: Children's Product Safety Enhancement and Clarification Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1046/
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"H.R. 1046: Children's Product Safety Enhancement and Clarification Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1046/.
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H.R. 1046, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1046/.
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