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Senate Passes Major CPSC Reform Act
The U.S. House and Senate have now both overwhelmingly passed legislation to beef up the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and guarantee the safety of children’s toys and other consumer products. The two bills are similar in many ways, but not all, so the House and Senate are now in the process of reconciling differences in a “conference committee” where they will finish the bill to send to the president. We’re now working to ensure that the strongest parts of each bill make it into the final law to be sent to the President.
Here is an excerpt from our statement in March when the Senate passed its
bill: “If we are going to protect children and the public from the growing
number of shoddy, imported toys coming onto our shores and into our stores each
year, we need a bigger, better CPSC backstopped by 50 state attorneys general,”
Domenitz concluded. “It’s time for Congress and the President to finish the job
of tightening our toy safety net.”


