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Senate Bill 1816
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Safe Cribs Act of 2019
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Introduced in Senate on Jun 12, 2019
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S. 1816 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1816


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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 12, 2019

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation


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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Safe Cribs Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition on sale of crib bumpers.

(a) Prohibition on the sale of crib bumpers.—Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any crib bumper.

(b) Treatment of violation.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)).

(c) Crib bumper defined.—In this section, the term “crib bumper”—

(1) means any material that is intended to cover the sides of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occupant from impacts against the side of a crib or to prevent partial or complete access to any openings in the sides of a crib to prevent a crib occupant from getting any part of the body entrapped in any opening; and

(2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported and unsupported vinyl bumper guard, a mesh crib liner, and vertical crib slat covers.