S 2120
113th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Child health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality
A bill to expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products that contain phthalates, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 12, 2014
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Became law
Mar 12, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 12, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to expand the prohibition against the manufacture, distribution, or importation of any children's toy or child care articles containing specified phthalates to include any children's products containing those chemicals. Expands also the list of prohibited phthalates.
Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to any component of a children's product (currently, only of a children's toy or child care article) that is not accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of that product.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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