Safe Cribs Act of 2019

IB Union Calendar No. 162 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3170 [Report No. 116–205] To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 10, 2019 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. RUSH) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. DIN- GELL, Mr. SOTO, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. UNDER- WOOD, and MS. LOFGREN SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 10, 2019] VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3170.RH H3170 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3170 RH A BILL To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribu- tion in commerce, or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3170.RH H3170 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3170 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Cribs Act of 2019’’. 4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CRIB BUMPERS. 5 (a) PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF CRIB BUMPERS.— 6 Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of 7 enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person 8 to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in com- 9 merce, or import into the United States any crib bumper. 10 (b) TREATMENT OF VIOLATION.—A violation of sub- 11 section (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a)(1) 12 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)). 13 (c) CRIB BUMPER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 14 ‘‘crib bumper’’— 15 (1) means any material that is intended to cover 16 the sides of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occu- 17 pant from impacts against the side of a crib or to 18 prevent partial or complete access to any openings in 19 the sides of a crib to prevent a crib occupant from 20 getting any part of the body entrapped in any open- 21 ing; 22 (2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported 23 and unsupported vinyl bumper guard, and vertical 24 crib slat covers; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3170.RH H3170 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 3170 RH (3) does not include a non-padded mesh crib 1 liner. 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3170.RH H3170 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3170.RH H3170 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS Union Calendar No. 162 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3170 [Report No. 116–205] A BILL To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, and for other purposes. SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3170.RH H3170 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS