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 PUBLIC LAW 101-352—AUG. 10, 1990 104 STAT. 405 Public Law 101-352 101st Congress An Act To direct the completion of the research recommended by the Technical Study Group . ^„ ^„„„ on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety and to provide for an assessment of the ——' - practicality of a cigarette fire safety performance standard. [H.R. 29o] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Fire Safe Cigarette Act of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. ll^USC 2054 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Fire Safe note. Cigarette Act of 1990". (b) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that— (1) cigarette-ignited fires are the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States, (2) in 1987, there were 1,492 deaths from cigarette-ignited fires, 3,809 serious injuries, and $395,000,000 in property damage caused by such fires, (3) the final report of the Technical Study Group on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety under the Cigarette Safety Act of 1984 determined that (A) it is technically feasible and may be commercially feasible to develop a cigarette that will have a significantly reduced propensity to ignite furniture and mattresses, and (B) the overall impact on other aspects of the United States society and economy may be minimal, (4) the final report of the Technical Study Group on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety under the Cigarette Safety Act of 1984 further determined that the value of a cigarette with less of a likelihood to ignite furniture and mattresses which would prevent property damage and personal injury and loss of life is economically incalculable, (5) it is appropriate for the Congress to require by law the completion of the research described in the final report of the Technical Study Group on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety and an assessment of the practicability of developing a performance standard to reduce cigarette ignition propensity, and (6) it is appropriate for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to utilize its expertise to complete the recommendations for further work and report to Congress in a timely fashion. SEC. 2. COMPLETION OF FIRE SAFETY RESEARCH. 15 USC 2054 (a) CENTER FOR FIRE RESEARCH.—At the request of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the National Institute for Standards and Technology's Center for Fire Research shall— (1) develop a standard test method to determine cigarette ignition propensity, (2) compile performance data for cigarettes using the standard test method developed under paragraph (1), and (3) conduct laboratory studies on and computer modeling of ignition physics to develop valid, user-friendly predictive capability.

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