Sunshine in Product Safety Act
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303 words in original text
What This Bill Does
This bill removes certain limits on what information the Consumer Product Safety Commission (a federal agency that checks whether products are safe for consumers) can share with the public. The bill deletes a specific rule that currently restricts the agency's ability to disclose certain information about consumer products.
Who It Affects
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is directly affected. The general public may be affected if the agency shares more product safety information.
Key Provisions
- The bill removes subsection (b) from Section 6 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, which currently limits disclosure of information (Sec. 2(a))
- The bill removes references to the old disclosure limits in Section 6A (Sec. 2(b)(1))
- The bill removes a requirement that the Commission comply with certain disclosure rules in Section 29 (Sec. 2(b)(2))
What Changes
The specific restrictions on what information the Consumer Product Safety Commission must hide from the public are removed. References to those restrictions in other parts of the law are also removed.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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