To modify the automatic residential garage door operators standards requirements.

1. Rewrites page 85, line 22 through page 86, line 8

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   Removes page 85, line 22 through page 86, line 8 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: SEC. 31. GARAGE DOOR OPENER STANDARD.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 203(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2056 note) or any amendment by the American National Standards Institute and Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. of its Standards for Safety-UL 325, all automatic residential garage door operators that directly drive the door in the closing direction that are manufactured more than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act shall include an external secondary entrapment protection device that does not require contact with a person or object for the garage door to reverse.

   Inserted: (b) Exception.--Except as provided in subsection (c), subsection (a) does not apply to the manufacture of an automatic residential garage door operator without a secondary external entrapment protection device that does not require contact by a company that manufactured such an operator before the date of enactment of this Act if Underwriters Laboratory, Inc., certified that automatic residential garage door operator as meeting its Standards for Safety-UL 325 before the date of enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (c) Review and Revision.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall review, and if necessary revise, its automatic residential garage door operator safety standard, including the requirement established by subsection (a), to ensure that the standard provides maximum protection for public health and safety.

   Inserted: (2) Revised standard.--The exception provided by subsection (b) shall not apply to automatic residential garage door operators manufactured after the effective date of any such revised standard if that standard adopts the requirement established by subsection (a).

   Original wording

   On page 85, beginning with line 22, strike through line 8 on page 86 and insert the following:

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