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Common Sense in Consumer Product Safety Act of 2011

Introduced: January 25, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2052-2053)
Jan 25, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S181)
Jan 25, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Common Sense in Consumer Product Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to: (1) provide that neither any sale after the first retail sale of a children's product that exceeds the lead limit nor the repair of such a product shall be considered an introduction into interstate commerce of a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act; and (2) exclude as a children's product to which such lead limit applies any vehicle designed or intended primarily for children six years of age or older.

What's happening now January 25, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2052-2053)

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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 12, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 69: Common Sense in Consumer Product Safety Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-69/
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"S. 69: Common Sense in Consumer Product Safety Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-69/.
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S. 69, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-69/.
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