To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify and validate alternative technologies for the facilitation of recalls of durable infant or toddler products.

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

   Inserted: (1) In general.--If the Commission determines that a recall notification technology can be used by a manufacturer of durable infant or toddler products and such technology is as effective or more effective in facilitating recalls of durable infant or toddler products as the registration forms required by subsection (a)--

   Inserted: (A) the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on such determination; and

   Inserted: (B) a manufacturer of durable infant or toddler products that uses such technology in lieu of such registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant or toddler products shall be considered in compliance with the regulations promulgated under such subsection with respect to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of such subsection.

   Inserted: (2) Study and report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and periodically thereafter as the Commission considers appropriate, the Commission shall--

   Inserted: (A) for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 1 year--

   Inserted: (i) conduct a review of recall notification technology; and

   Inserted: (ii) assess, through testing and empirical study, the effectiveness of such technology in facilitating recalls of durable infant or toddler products; and

   Inserted: (B) submit to the committees described in paragraph (1)(A) a report on the review and assessment required by subparagraph (A).

   Inserted: (3) Regulations.--The Commission shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection.

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