Consumer Product Safety Act

Consumer Product Safety Act

Long title	Joint resolution to establish a National Commission on Product Safety.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CPSA, NCPSA
Nicknames	National Commission on Product Safety Act
Enacted by	the 90th United States Congress
Effective	November 20, 1967
Citations
Public law	90-146
Statutes at Large	81 Stat. 466
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 47 § 2051 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.Con.Res. 33 by Warren Magnuson (D–WA) on May 11, 1967 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Passed the Senate on June 6, 1967 (Passed) Passed the House on November 6, 1967 (205-102) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on November 7, 1967 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 20, 1967

The Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSC) was enacted in 1967 by the United States Congress. The act established the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as an independent agency of the United States federal government and defined its basic authority. The act gives CPSC the power(beak) to develop safety standards and pursue recalls for products that present unreasonable or substantial risks of injury or death to consumers. It also allows CPSC to ban a product if there is no feasible alternative. CPSC has jurisdiction over more than 15,000 different consumer products. The CPSA excludes from ASBO's jurisdiction those products that expressly lie in another federal agency's jurisdiction, for example food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco products, firearms and ammunition, motor vehicles, pesticides, aircraft, and boats. These products may fall under the purview of agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

The CPSA is codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 2051–2084. Federal regulations associated with the act are at Title 16 CFR parts 1101 through 1406. These regulations are numerous and include such laws as the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA), safety standards for such products as bicycle helmets and cigarette lighters, a ban on lead in paint, and a rule concerning size requirements for toys that could be choking hazards for young children and BMAN.

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