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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1699 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2007 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Danny Keysar Child 

5 Product Safety Notification Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Unintentional injuries are the leading cause 

2 of death among children, and for every such injury 

3 that is fatal, approximately 18 children are hospital4 ized and 1,250 are treated by emergency depart5 ments for such injuries that are nonfatal. 

6 (2) According to the Consumer Product Safety 

7 Commission, an average of 50 children under the 

8 age of 5 die each year in incidents associated with 

9 nursery products, and about 16 of these deaths each 

10 year are associated with cribs. 

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

12 under the age of 5 were treated in United States 

13 hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated 

14 with nursery products, and there were 10,700 inju15 ries to children under the age of 5 years associated 

16 with strollers alone. 

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

18 Product Safety Commission in fiscal year 2005, 109 

19 (or 28 percent) were children’s products. Children’s 

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

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

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 

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

25 means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 


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1 (2) DURABLE INFANT OR TODDLER PROD2 UCT.—The term ‘‘durable infant or toddler prod3 uct’’— 

4 (A) means a durable product intended for 

5 use, or that may be reasonably expected to be 

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

7 (B) includes— 

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

9 cribs; 

10 (ii) toddler beds; 

11 (iii) high chairs, booster chairs, and 

12 hook-on chairs; 

13 (iv) bath seats; 

14 (v) gates and other enclosures for con15 fining a child; 

16 (vi) play yards; 

17 (vii) stationary activity centers; 

18 (viii) infant carriers; 

19 (ix) strollers; 

20 (x) walkers; 

21 (xi) swings; 

22 (xii) bassinets and cradles; and 

23 (xiii) children’s folding chairs. 


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1 SEC. 4. CONSUMER PRODUCT REGISTRATION FORMS. 

2 (a) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 270 days 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 standard under section 7 

7 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2056) to require manufacturers 

8 of durable infant or toddler products— 

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

10 consumer registration form with each such product; 

11 (2) to maintain a record of the names, address12 es, email addresses, and other contact information of 

13 consumers who register their ownership of such 

14 products with the manufacturer in order to improve 

15 the effectiveness of manufacturer campaigns to re16 call such products; and 

17 (3) to permanently place the manufacturer 

18 name and contact information, model name and 

19 number, and the date of manufacture on each dura20 ble infant or toddler product. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION FORM.— 

22 The registration form required to be provided to con23 sumers under subsection (a) shall— 

24 (1) include spaces for a consumer to provide 

25 their name, address, telephone number, and email 

26 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) a statement that information provided by 

16 the consumer shall not be used for any purpose 

17 other than to facilitate a recall of or safety alert re18 garding 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. Upon the conclusion of such study, the 

17 Commission shall report its findings to Congress. 

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