S. 605 · 101st Congress · enacted
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990
Became Public Law No: 101-608.
Latest official action 1990-11-16 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Amendments to Acts - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) with respect to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to: (1) require the President, when making appointments to the Commission, to consider individuals with consumer product safety backgrounds; (2) decrease quorum requirements in certain circumstances; (3) revise and add to the list of personnel to be appointed by the Chairman; and (4) direct the Commission to establish an agenda and priorities for its actions prior to each fiscal year. Permits disclosure of certain information to Commission representatives, including contractors. Amends the CPSA, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), and the Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA) (the Acts) to require the Commission to: (1) devise procedures to monitor compliance with certain voluntary standards; and (2) terminate a proceeding to promulgate a consumer product safety rule only if a voluntary standard has been finally approved. Amends the CPSA to set a 12-month deadline, subject to extension, on the issuance of any proposed consumer product safety rule after the date of publication of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. Amends the Acts to require the Commission to grant, in whole or in part, or deny a petition to initiate a rulemaking within a reasonable time after the petition is filed. Prohibits th…
Congressional Research Service · 1990-10-21
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