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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2211 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

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) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE15 QUIRED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub17 section (c)(1), not later than 1 year after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 

19 Safety Commission shall— 

20 (A) in consultation with representatives of 

21 consumer groups, clothing storage unit manu22 facturers, craft or handmade furniture manu23 facturers, and independent child product engi24 neers and experts, examine and assess the ef25 fectiveness of any voluntary consumer product 

26 safety standards for clothing storage units; and 


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1 (B) in accordance with section 553 of title 

2 5, United States Code, promulgate a final con3 sumer product safety standard for clothing 

4 storage units to protect children from tip-over5 related death or injury that includes— 

6 (i) tests that simulate the weight of 

7 children up to 60 pounds; 

8 (ii) objective, repeatable, and measur9 able tests that simulate real world use and 

10 account for any impact on clothing storage 

11 unit stability that may result from place12 ment on carpeted surfaces, drawers with 

13 items in them, multiple open drawers, or 

14 dynamic force; 

15 (iii) testing of all clothing storage 

16 units, including those under 30 inches in 

17 height; and 

18 (iv) warning requirements based on 

19 ASTM F2057–17, or its successor at the 

20 time of enactment, provided that the Con21 sumer Product Safety Commission shall 

22 strengthen the requirements of ASTM 

23 F2057–17, or its successor, if reasonably 

24 necessary to protect children from tip-over25 related death or injury. 


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1 (2) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer 

2 product safety standard promulgated under para3 graph (1) shall be treated as a consumer product 

4 safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Con5 sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

6 (c) SUBSEQUENT RULEMAKING.— 

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

8 the publication of a consumer product safety stand9 ard under subsection (b)(1), the Commission may 

10 initiate a rulemaking, in accordance with section 553 

11 of title 5, United States Code to modify the require12 ments of the consumer product safety standard de13 scribed in subsection (b)(1) if reasonably necessary 

14 to protect children from tip-over-related death or in15 jury. 

16 (2) REVISION OF RULE.—If, after the date of 

17 the enactment of this Act, the Centers for Disease 

18 Control and Prevention revises its Clinical Growth 

19 Charts, the consumer product safety standard de20 scribed in subsection (b)(1) shall , on the date that 

21 is 180 days after such revision, be revised to include 

22 tests that simulate the weight of children up to the 

23 95th percentile weight of children 72 months in age, 

24 as depicted in the revised Centers for Disease Con25 trol and Prevention Clinical Growth Charts, unless 


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1 the Commission determines the modification is not 

2 reasonably necessary to protect children from tip3 over-related death or injury. 

4 (3) TREATMENT OF RULES.—Any rule promul5 gated under paragraph (1) or revision made pursu6 ant to paragraph (2) shall be treated as a consumer 

7 product safety rule promulgated under section 9 of 

8 the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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