Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008


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

{{SECTION|SEC. 1.|SECTION 1}}. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 * (a) Short Title.—
 * This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008´´.


 * (b) Table of Contents.—
 * The table of contents for this Act is as follows:


 * Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
 * Sec. 2. References.
 * Sec. 3. Authority to issue implementing regulations.

{{SECTION|SEC. 2.|SEC. 2}}. REFERENCES.

 * (a) Defined terms.—
 * As used in this Act—
 * (1) the term “appropriate Congressional committees” means the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and


 * (2) the term “Commission” means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.


 * (b) Consumer Product Safety Act.—
 * Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed as an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.).

{{SECTION|SEC. 3.|SEC. 3}}. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.

 * The Commission may issue regulations, as necessary, to implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

Approved August 14, 2008.

Legislative History

 * HOUSE REPORTS:
 * (Comm. on Energy and Commerce)
 * (Comm. of Conference)
 * SENATE REPORTS:
 * accompanying S. 2045 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007):
 * Dec. 19, considered and passed House.
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
 * Mar. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2663.
 * July 30, House agreed to conference report.
 * July 31, Senate agreed to conference report.
 * July 31, Senate agreed to conference report.

