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HR 5818 98th Congress House

Toy Safety Act of 1984

Official title: An act to enable the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect the public by ordering notice and repair, replacement or refund of certain toys or articles … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: An act to enable the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect the public by ordering notice and repair, replacement or refund of certain toys or articles intended for use by children if such toys or articles contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children.

Introduced: June 11, 1984 See on congress.gov
Commerce Child safetyChildren and youthConsumer protectionFamilies
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Product safetyToys
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 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 17, 1984
Became Public Law No: 98-491.
Oct 17, 1984
Signed by President.
Oct 5, 1984
Presented to President.
Oct 5, 1984
Measure Signed in Senate.
Oct 3, 1984
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments.
Oct 3, 1984
House Agreed to Senate Amendments.
Oct 3, 1984
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Oct 3, 1984
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Oct 3, 1984
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Sep 28, 1984
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1272.
Sep 28, 1984
Senate Committee on Commerce discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 8, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Aug 6, 1984
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Aug 6, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Aug 6, 1984
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Jul 24, 1984
Placed on Union Calendar No: 513.
Jul 24, 1984
Reported to House by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-895.
Jun 27, 1984
Ordered to be Reported.
Jun 27, 1984
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 11, 1984
For Previous Action See H.R.5630.
Jun 11, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 11, 1984
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 6,978 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Oct 3, 1984
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 Latest action October 17, 1984

Became Public Law No: 98-491.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Products Safety Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to permit the Consumer Product Safety Commission to order a manufacturer of a toy or other article intended for use by children that has been determined to create a substantial risk of injury to children to: (1) give public notice of such danger; (2) mail such notice to each manufacturer, distributor, or retailer; and (3) mail such notice to every person to whom the person giving the notice knows such toy or other article intended for use by children was delivered or sold.

Permits the Commission to order the manufactuer, distributor, or retailer either to repair such toy so that it will not create a risk of injury, to replace such toy with a safe equivalent toy or article, or to refund the purchase price.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5630 Related bill Toy Safety Act of 1984
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 11, 1984
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5818: An act to enable the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect the public by ordering notice and repair, replacement or refund of certain toys or articles intended for use by children if such toys or articles contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5818/
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"H.R. 5818: An act to enable the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect the public by ordering notice and repair, replacement or refund of certain toys or articles intended for use by children if such toys or articles contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5818/.
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H.R. 5818, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5818/.
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