To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters.

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to declare any novelty lighter to be a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act and promulgate a final consumer product safety rule to carry out this Act. Defines "novelty lighter" as a mechanical or electrical device that is typically used to light cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, is designed to appear to be a toy (such as by flashing lights or making sounds), and contains such other factors as the CPSC may determine.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 6488 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6488

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final 
         consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2008

 Ms. Hooley (for herself and Mr. Blumenauer) 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 promulgate a final 
         consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters.

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

SECTION 1. BAN ON NOVELTY LIGHTERS.

    (a) Banned Hazardous Product.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission shall--
            (1) declare any novelty lighter to be a banned hazardous 
        product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
        U.S.C. 2057); and
            (2) promulgate a final consumer product safety rule under 
        section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058) 
        to carry out this Act.
    (b) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``novelty lighter'' means a 
mechanical or electrical device that--
            (1) is typically used to light cigarettes, cigars, or 
        pipes;
            (2) is designed to appear to be a toy, such as by flashing 
        lights or making sounds; and
            (3) contains such other factors the Consumer Product Safety 
        Commission may determine.
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