IIB 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1699 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 15, 2007 

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

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require certain manufacturers to provide consumer product 

registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant 

and toddler products. 

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 ‘‘Danny Keysar Child 

3 Product Safety Notification Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Unintentional injuries are the leading cause 

7 of death among children, and for every such injury 

8 that is fatal, approximately 18 children are hospital9 ized and 1,250 are treated by emergency depart10 ments for such injuries that are nonfatal. 

11 (2) According to the Consumer Product Safety 

12 Commission, an average of 50 children under the 

13 age of 5 die each year in incidents associated with 

14 nursery products, and about 16 of these deaths each 

15 year are associated with cribs. 

16 (3) In 2003, an estimated 60,700 children 

17 under the age of 5 were treated in United States 

18 hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated 

19 with nursery products, and there were 10,700 inju20 ries to children under the age of 5 years associated 

21 with strollers alone. 

22 (4) Of the 397 recalls issued by the Consumer 

23 Product Safety Commission in fiscal year 2005, 109 

24 (or 27 percent) were children’s products. Children’s 

25 products were recalled, on average, over 2 times per 

26 week, and accounted for 19,635,627 individual units. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

4 means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

5 (2) DURABLE INFANT OR TODDLER PROD6 UCT.—The term ‘‘durable infant or toddler prod7 uct’’— 

8 (A) means a durable product intended for 

9 use, or that may be reasonably expected to be 

10 used, by children under the age of 5 years; and 

11 (B) shall include— 

12 (i) full-size cribs and nonfull-size 

13 cribs; 

14 (ii) toddler beds; 

15 (iii) high chairs, booster chairs, and 

16 hook-on chairs; 

17 (iv) bath seats; 

18 (v) gates and other enclosures for con19 fining a child; 

20 (vi) play yards; 

21 (vii) stationary activity centers; 

22 (viii) infant carriers; 

23 (ix) strollers; 

24 (x) walkers; 

25 (xi) swings; and 

26 (xii) bassinets and cradles. 


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1 SEC. 4. CONSUMER PRODUCT REGISTRATION FORMS. 

2 (a) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, pur4 suant to its authority under section 16(b) of the Consumer 

5 Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2065(b)), promulgate a 

6 final consumer product safety rule to require manufactur7 ers of durable infant or toddler products— 

8 (1) to provide consumers with a postage-paid 

9 consumer registration form with each such product; 

10 (2) to maintain a record of the names, address11 es, email addresses, and other contact information of 

12 consumers who register their ownership of such 

13 products with the manufacturer in order to improve 

14 the effectiveness of manufacturer campaigns to re15 call such products; and 

16 (3) to permanently place the manufacturer 

17 name and contact information, model name and 

18 number, and the date of manufacture on each dura19 ble infant or toddler product. 

20 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION FORM.— 

21 The registration form required to be provided to con22 sumers under subsection (a) shall— 

23 (1) include spaces for a consumer to provide 

24 their name, address, telephone number, and email 

25 address; 


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1 (2) include space sufficiently large to permit 

2 easy, legible recording of all desired information; 

3 (3) be attached to the surface of each durable 

4 infant or toddler product so that, as a practical mat5 ter, the consumer must notice and handle the form 

6 after purchasing the product; 

7 (4) include the manufacturer’s name, model 

8 name and number for the product, and the date of 

9 manufacture; 

10 (5) include a message explaining the purpose of 

11 the registration and designed to encourage con12 sumers to complete the registration; 

13 (6) include an option for consumers to register 

14 through the Internet; and 

15 (7) include a statement that information pro16 vided by the consumer shall not be used for any pur17 pose other than to facilitate a recall of or safety 

18 alert regarding that product. 

19 In issuing regulations under this section, the Commission 

20 may prescribe the exact text and format of the required 

21 registration form. 

22 (c) RECORD KEEPING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIRE23 MENTS.—The standard required under this section shall 

24 require each manufacturer of a durable infant or toddler 

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1 uct manufactured that includes all of the information pro2 vided by each consumer registered, and to use such infor3 mation to notify such consumers in the event of a vol4 untary or involuntary recall of or safety alert regarding 

5 such product. Each manufacturer shall maintain such a 

6 record for a period of not less than 6 years after the date 

7 of manufacture of the product. Consumer information col8 lected by a manufacturer under this Act may not be used 

9 by the manufacturer, nor disseminated by such manufac10 turer to any other party, for any purpose other than notifi11 cation to such consumer in the event of a product recall 

12 or safety alert. 

13 (d) STUDY.—The Commission shall conduct a study 

14 at such time as it considers appropriate on the effective15 ness of the consumer registration forms in facilitating 

16 product recalls. Not later than 4 years after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act, the Commission shall report its 

18 findings to Congress. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 9, 

2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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