117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3232 

AN ACT 

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 

promulgate a consumer product safety rule for freestanding clothing storage units to protect children from 

tip-over related death or injury, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Tip-overs of Un3 stable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act’’ or the ‘‘STURDY 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD TO PRO6 TECT AGAINST TIP-OVER OF CLOTHING 

7 STORAGE UNITS. 

8 (a) CLOTHING STORAGE UNIT DEFINED.—In this 

9 section, the term ‘‘clothing storage unit’’ means any free10 standing furniture item manufactured in the United 

11 States or imported for use in the United States that is 

12 intended for the storage of clothing, typical of bedroom 

13 furniture. 

14 (b) CPSC DETERMINATION OF SCOPE.—The Con15 sumer Product Safety Commission shall specify the types 

16 of furniture items within the scope of subsection (a) as 

17 part of a standard promulgated under this section based 

18 on tip-over data as reasonably necessary to protect chil19 dren up to 72 months of age from injury or death. 

20 (c) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE21 QUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub23 section (f)(1), not later than 1 year after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 

25 Safety Commission shall— 
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1 (A) in consultation with representatives of 

2 consumer groups, clothing storage unit manu3 facturers, craft or handmade furniture manu4 facturers, and independent child product engi5 neers and experts, examine and assess the ef6 fectiveness of any voluntary consumer product 

7 safety standards for clothing storage units; and 

8 (B) in accordance with section 553 of title 

9 5, United States Code, and paragraph (2), pro10 mulgate a final consumer product safety stand11 ard for clothing storage units to protect chil12 dren from tip-over-related death or injury, that 

13 shall take effect 180 days after the date of pro14 mulgation or such a later date as the Commis15 sion determines appropriate. 

16 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The standard promul17 gated under paragraph (1) shall protect children 

18 from tip-over-related death or injury with— 

19 (A) tests that simulate the weight of chil20 dren up to 60 pounds; 

21 (B) objective, repeatable, reproducible, and 

22 measurable tests or series of tests that simulate 

23 real-world use and account for impacts on 

24 clothing storage unit stability that may result 

25 from placement on carpeted surfaces, drawers 
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1 with items in them, multiple open drawers, and 

2 dynamic force; 

3 (C) testing of all clothing storage units, in4 cluding those 27 inches and above in height; 

5 and 

6 (D) warning requirements based on ASTM 

7 F2057–19, or its successor at the time of en8 actment, provided that the Consumer Product 

9 Safety Commission may strengthen the warning 

10 requirements of ASTM F2057–19, or its suc11 cessor, if reasonably necessary to protect chil12 dren from tip-over-related death or injury. 

13 (3) TESTING CLARIFICATION.—Tests referred 

14 to in paragraph (2)(B) shall allow for the utilization 

15 of safety features (excluding tip restraints) to work 

16 as intended if the features cannot be overridden by 

17 consumers in normal use. 

18 (4) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer 

19 product safety standard promulgated under para20 graph (1) shall be treated as a consumer product 

21 safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Con22 sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

23 (d) ADOPTION OF VOLUNTARY STANDARD.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a voluntary standard ex25 ists that meets the requirements of paragraph (2), 
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1 the Commission shall, not later than 180 days after 

2 the date on which such determination is made and 

3 in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, promulgate a final consumer product 

5 safety standard that adopts the applicable perform6 ance requirements of such voluntary standard re7 lated to protecting children from tip-over-related 

8 death or injury. A consumer product safety standard 

9 promulgated under this subsection shall be treated 

10 as a consumer product safety rule promulgated 

11 under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

12 (15 U.S.C. 2058). Such standard shall take effect 

13 180 days after the date of the promulgation of the 

14 rule, or such a later date as the Commission deter15 mines appropriate. Such standard will supersede any 

16 other existing consumer product safety standard for 

17 clothing storage units to protect children from tip18 over-related death or injury. 

19 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of this 

20 paragraph with respect to a voluntary standard for 

21 clothing storage units are that such standard— 

22 (A) includes performance requirements 

23 that meet the requirements described in sub24 section (c)(2); 
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1 (B) is, or will be, published not later than 

2 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act; and 

4 (C) is developed by ASTM International or 

5 such other standard development organization 

6 that the Commission determines is in compli7 ance with the intent of this Act. 

8 (3) NOTICE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN

9 THE FEDERAL REGISTER.—The Commission shall 

10 publish a notice in the Federal Register upon begin11 ning the promulgation of a rule under this sub12 section. 

13 (e) REVISION OF VOLUNTARY STANDARD.— 

14 (1) NOTICE TO COMMISSION.—If the perform15 ance requirements of a voluntary standard adopted 

16 under subsection (d) are subsequently revised, the 

17 organization that revised the performance require18 ments of such standard shall notify the Commission 

19 of such revision after final approval. 

20 (2) TREATMENT OF REVISION.—Not later than 

21 90 days after the date on which the Commission is 

22 notified of revised performance requirements of a 

23 voluntary standard described in paragraph (1) (or 

24 such later date as the Commission determines ap25 propriate), the Commission shall determine whether 
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1 the revised performance requirements meet the re2 quirements of subsection (d)(2)(A), and if so, mod3 ify, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, the standard promulgated under sub5 section (d) to include the revised performance re6 quirements that the Commission determines meet 

7 such requirements. The modified standard shall take 

8 effect after 180 days or such later date as the Com9 mission deems appropriate. 

10 (f) SUBSEQUENT RULEMAKING.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 5 years after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, subsequent to the 

13 publication of a consumer product safety standard 

14 under this section, the Commission may, at any 

15 time, initiate rulemaking, in accordance with section 

16 553 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the re17 quirements of such standard or to include additional 

18 provisions if the Commission makes a determination 

19 that such modifications or additions are reasonably 

20 necessary to protect children from tip-over-related 

21 death or injury. 

22 (2) PETITION FOR REVISION OF RULE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Commission re24 ceives a petition for a new or revised test that 

25 permits incorporated safety features (excluding 
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1 tip restraints) to work as intended, if the fea2 tures cannot be overridden by consumers in 

3 normal use and provide an equivalent or greater 

4 level of safety as the tests developed under sub5 section (c)(2) or the performance requirements 

6 described in subsection (d)(2)(A), as applicable, 

7 the Commission shall determine within 120 

8 days— 

9 (i) whether the petition meets the re10 quirements for petitions set forth in sec11 tion 1051.5 of title 16, Code of Federal 

12 Regulations, or any successor regulation 

13 implementing section 9(i) of the Consumer 

14 Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058(i)); 

15 and 

16 (ii) whether the petition demonstrates 

17 that the test could reasonably meet the re18 quirements of subsection (c)(2)(B), and if 

19 so, the Commission shall determine by re20 corded vote, within 60 days after the deter21 mination, whether to initiate rulemaking, 

22 in accordance with section 553 of title 5, 

23 United States Code, to revise a consumer 

24 product safety standard promulgated 
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1 under this section to include the new or re2 vised test. 

3 (B) DEMONSTRATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 

4 Compliance with the testing requirements of a 

5 standard revised under paragraph (2)(A) may 

6 be demonstrated either through the perform7 ance of a new or revised test under paragraph 

8 (2)(A) or the performance of the tests otherwise 

9 required under a standard promulgated under 

10 this section. 

11 (3) TREATMENT OF RULES.—Any rule promul12 gated under this subsection, including any modifica13 tion or revision made under this subsection, shall be 

14 treated as a consumer product safety rule promul15 gated under section 9 of the Consumer Product 

16 Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

Passed the Senate September 29, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3232 

AN ACT 

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commisjury, and for other purposes. protect children from tip-over related death or in- rule for free-standing clothing storage units to sion to promulgate a consumer product safety