To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

SA 964. Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Enzi, Mr.
Brownback, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Vitter) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13,
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO
BAN ON LEAD IN CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS.

(a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of 1 or more
committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution by the amounts authorized to be appropriated for
the programs described in paragraphs (1) through (6) in 1 or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or
conference reports that fund consumer product safety,
including any program that--
(1) delays the lead ban in section 101 of the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 1278a) by 6
months;
(2) exempts thrift stores, consignment shops, and other
second hand sellers from the provisions of such section;
(3) exempts children's motorcycles and all terrain vehicles
from treatment as banned hazardous substances under such
section;
(4) exempts books from treatment as banned hazardous
substances under such section;
(5) allows a product to comply with the lead ban in such
section if every component of the product complies with the
ban; or
(6) does not require products manufactured before the
effective date of the ban under such section to be removed
from store shelves.
(b) Limitation.--The authority described in subsection (a)
may not be used unless the appropriations in the legislation
described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a)
would not increase the deficit over--
(1) the 6-year period beginning with the first day of
fiscal year 2009; or
(2) the 11-year period beginning with the first day of
fiscal year 2009.
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