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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2211 

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to 

protect children from tip-over related death or injury, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. RUSH) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Tip-overs of Un5 stable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act’’ or the ‘‘STURDY 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD TO PRO2 TECT AGAINST TIP-OVER OF FREE-STANDING 

3 CLOTHING STORAGE UNITS. 

4 (a) FREE-STANDING CLOTHING STORAGE UNIT DE5 FINED.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 

7 ‘‘free-standing clothing storage unit’’ means any 

8 piece of furniture manufactured in the United States 

9 or imported for use in the United States that is in10 tended for the storage of clothing, including fur11 niture items that— 

12 (A) are commonly referred to as a chest, 

13 door chest, chest of drawers, dresser, or bureau; 

14 or 

15 (B) may contain a chest, door chest, chest 

16 of drawers, dresser, or bureau. 

17 (2) CPSC DEFINITION.—The Consumer Prod18 uct Safety Commission may adjust the definition 

19 under paragraph (1) if the Commission determines 

20 that inclusion of additional furniture items is rea21 sonably necessary to protect public health and safe22 ty. 

23 (b) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE24 QUIRED.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub26 section (c)(1), not later than 1 year after the date 


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1 of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 

2 Safety Commission shall— 

3 (A) in consultation with representatives of 

4 consumer groups, clothing storage unit manu5 facturers, and independent child product engi6 neers and experts, examine and assess the ef7 fectiveness of any voluntary consumer product 

8 safety standards for free-standing clothing stor9 age units; and 

10 (B) in accordance with section 553 of title 

11 5, United States Code, promulgate a final con12 sumer product safety standard for free-standing 

13 clothing storage units to protect children from 

14 tip-over-related death or injury that includes— 

15 (i) tests that require the use of weight 

16 to simulate children up to 72 months of 

17 age using the most recent anthropometric 

18 data; 

19 (ii) tests or testing that more closely 

20 simulate real world use including to ac21 count for impact on clothing storage unit 

22 stability of carpeting, drawers with items 

23 in them, multiple open drawers, and dy24 namic force; 


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1 (iii) testing of all clothing storage 

2 units, including those under 30 inches in 

3 height; and 

4 (iv) warning requirements that— 

5 (I) strengthen requirements for 

6 permanency and conspicuous place7 ment now in ASTM F2057–17; and 

8 (II) revise the message panel text 

9 of ASTM F2057–17 to make more 

10 understandable, consistent with typ11 ical clothing storage unit use, and 

12 written to motivate consumer compli13 ance. 

14 (3) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer 

15 product safety standard promulgated under para16 graph (1) shall be treated as a consumer product 

17 safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Con18 sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

19 (c) SUBSEQUENT RULEMAKING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—At any time subsequent to 

21 the publication of a consumer product safety stand22 ard under subsection (b)(1), the Commission may 

23 initiate a rulemaking, in accordance with section 553 

24 of title 5, United States Code— 


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1 (A) to modify the requirements of the con2 sumer product safety standard described in sub3 section (b)(1); or 

4 (B) to include any additional provision in 

5 such consumer product safety standard that the 

6 Commission determines is reasonably necessary 

7 to protect public health or safety. 

8 (2) TREATMENT OF RULES.—Any rule promul9 gated under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a con10 sumer product safety rule promulgated under section 

11 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 2058). 

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