To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate the potential safety dangers in children's clothing and to promulgate any necessary consumer product safety rules regarding such clothing.

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to identify potential safety hazards which exist in children's clothing, focusing on imported children's clothing, and to promulgate a consumer product safety rule establishing any necessary safety standards. Defines "children's clothing" as any article of clothing, including shoes, intended to be worn or used by children under the age of 8, or for which the wearing by a child under the age of 8 is foreseeable.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3683 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3683

  To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate the 
 potential safety dangers in children's clothing and to promulgate any 
    necessary consumer product safety rules regarding such clothing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2007

 Mr. Hayes (for himself and Mr. Spratt) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate the 
 potential safety dangers in children's clothing and to promulgate any 
    necessary consumer product safety rules regarding such clothing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.

    (a) Investigation.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall 
complete an investigation of children's clothing to examine and 
identify potential safety hazards which exist in such clothing. The 
investigation shall focus on imported children's clothing and shall 
consider the potential danger to a child of all aspects of a product.
    (b) Consumer Product Safety Rule.--Not later than 6 months after 
completing the investigation required under subsection (a), the 
Commission shall promulgate a consumer product safety rule regarding 
any safety hazards identified in such investigation and establishing 
any necessary safety standards for such products.
    (c) Children's Clothing Defined.--As used in this Act, the term 
``children's clothing'' means any article of clothing, including shoes, 
intended to be worn or used by children under the age of 8, or for 
which the wearing by a child under the age of 8 is foreseeable.
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