Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

Other short titles	Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Long title	An Act to establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Nicknames	Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act
Enacted by	the 110th United States Congress
Effective	August 14, 2008
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 110–314 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	122 Stat. 3016
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections amended	15 U.S.C. ch. 30 § 1278a 15 U.S.C. ch. 47 §§ 2051 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 4040 by Bobby Rush (D–IL) on November 1, 2007 Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Passed the House on December 19, 2007 (407-0) Passed the Senate on March 6, 2008 (56-39, in lieu of S. 2663) Reported by the joint conference committee on July 29, 2008; agreed to by the House on July 30, 2008 (424-1) and by the Senate on July 30, 2008 (89-3) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 14, 2008

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 is a United States law signed on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush. The legislative bill was known as HR 4040, sponsored by Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). On December 19, 2007, the U.S. House approved the bill 407-0. On March 6, 2008, the U.S. Senate approved the bill 79-13.^[1] The law—public law 110-314—increases the budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), imposes new testing and documentation requirements, and sets new acceptable levels of several substances. It imposes new requirements on manufacturers of apparel, shoes, personal care products, accessories and jewelry, home furnishings, bedding, toys, electronics and video games, books, school supplies, educational materials and science kits. The Act also increases fines and specifies jail time for some violations.

This act was seen in part as controversial because of its impact to many types of businesses.

A previous, less sweeping bill, the Lead-Free Toys Act (H.R. 3473, sponsored by Representative Henry Waxman), was incorporated into this act. The earlier bill was prompted by various scandals over high lead content in toys, including a December 2006 report at Waxman's behest showing high lead levels in items sold in U.S. Capitol gift shops.^[2]