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74 Stat. 375.

PUBLIC LAW 89.756-NOV. 3, 1966

[80 STAT.

requirements necessary for the protection of the public health and safety, is amended by changing so much of such subsection as follows the semicolon to read as follows: "and any such hazardous substance intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in the household or by children, which fails to bear a label in accordance with such regulations shall be deemed to be a misbranded hazardous substance." (g) Subsection (d) of section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1262(d)), authorizing the Secretary to except containers of hazardous substances with respect to which adequate requirements satisfying the purposes of such Act have been established by or pursuant to another Act, is amended by inserting "hazardous substance or" before "container of a hazardous substance". (f) Section 4 of such Act (15 LT.S.C. 1263), setting forth prohibited acts, is amended as follows: (1) Paragraphs (a), (c), and (g) of such section are each amended by striking out "misbranded package of a hazardous substance" and inserting in lieu thereof "misbranded hazardous substance"; (2) Paragraphs (b) and (f) of such section are each amended by striking out "being in a misbranded package" and inserting in lieu thereof "being a misbranded hazardous substance". (g) Subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (15 U.S.C 1264) is amended by striking out "in misbranded packages" in clause (2) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "a misbranded hazardous substance". (h) Section 6(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1265(a)) is amended by striking out "Any hazardous substance that is in a misbranded package" and inserting in lieu thereof "Any misbranded hazardous substance". (i) Section 14(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1273(a)) is amended by striking out "in misbranded packages" in the second sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "a misbranded hazardous substance". E X C L U S I O N, FROM I N T E R S T A T E COMMERCE, OF TOYS A N D OTHER C H I L D R E N ' S ARTICLES C O N T A I N I N G HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, AND OF OTHER S U B STANCES SO DANGEROUS T H A T CAUTIONARY LABELING IS N O T ADEQUATE

SEC. 3. (a) Section 2 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1261) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: " (q)(l) The term 'banned hazardous substance' means (A) any toy, or other article intended for use by children, which is a hazardous substance, or which bears or contains a hazardous substance in such manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to whom such toy or other article is entrusted; or (B) any hazardous substance intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in the household, which the Secretary by regulation classifies as a 'banned hazardous substance' on the basis of a finding that, notwithstanding such cautionary labeling as is or may be required under this Act for that substance, the degree or nature of the hazard involved in the presence or use of such substance in households is such that the objective of the protection of the public health and safety can be adequately served only by keeping such substance, when so intended or packaged, out of the channels of interstate commerce: Provided, That the Secretary, by regulation, (i) shall exempt from clause (A) of this paragraph articles, such as chemical sets, which by reason of their functional purpose require the inclusion of the hazardous substance involved, and which bear labeling giving adequate directions and warnings for safe use and are intended for use by children who have attained sufficient maturity, and may reasonably be expected, to read and heed such directions and

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