S.Amdt. 4119

SA 4119. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2663, to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 92, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

(c) Use of Alternative Recall Notification Technology.--

(1) In general.--If new recall notification technology becomes available and the Consumer Product Safety Commission determines that such new recall notification technology is at least as effective as the use of consumer registration forms, then the Commission shall inform the public of its findings, report to Congress, and shall allow manufacturers that utilize such new recall technology as an alternative means of fulfilling the requirements of subsection (c). The Commission shall make a determination as to the effectiveness of such new recall notification technology after a minimum of 6 months, but no more than 1 year of testing or empirical study or a combination thereof and shall issue its determination no later than 1 year after conclusion of such testing or empirical study.

(2) Regulations.--The Commission shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection.