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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2211 
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a con-
sumer 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 En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Tip-overs of Un-
stable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act’’ or the ‘‘STURDY 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD TO PRO-
TECT AGAINST TIP-OVER OF FREE-STANDING 
CLOTHING STORAGE UNITS. 
(a) FREE-STANDING CLOTHING STORAGE UNIT DE-
FINED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘‘free-standing clothing storage unit’’ means any 
piece of furniture manufactured in the United States 
or imported for use in the United States that is in-
tended for the storage of clothing, including fur-
niture items that— 
(A) are commonly referred to as a chest, 
door chest, chest of drawers, dresser, or bureau; 
or 
(B) may contain a chest, door chest, chest 
of drawers, dresser, or bureau. 
(2) CPSC DEFINITION.—The Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission may adjust the definition 
under paragraph (1) if the Commission determines 
that inclusion of additional furniture items is rea-
sonably necessary to protect public health and safe-
ty. 
(b) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c)(1), not later than 1 year after the date 
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of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission shall— 
(A) in consultation with representatives of 
consumer groups, clothing storage unit manu-
facturers, and independent child product engi-
neers and experts, examine and assess the ef-
fectiveness of any voluntary consumer product 
safety standards for free-standing clothing stor-
age units; and 
(B) in accordance with section 553 of title 
5, United States Code, promulgate a final con-
sumer product safety standard for free-standing 
clothing storage units to protect children from 
tip-over-related death or injury that includes— 
(i) tests that require the use of weight 
to simulate children up to 72 months of 
age using the most recent anthropometric 
data; 
(ii) tests or testing that more closely 
simulate real world use including to ac-
count for impact on clothing storage unit 
stability of carpeting, drawers with items 
in them, multiple open drawers, and dy-
namic force; 
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(iii) testing of all clothing storage 
units, including those under 30 inches in 
height; and 
(iv) warning requirements that— 
(I) strengthen requirements for 
permanency and conspicuous place-
ment now in ASTM F2057–17; and 
(II) revise the message panel text 
of ASTM F2057–17 to make more 
understandable, consistent with typ-
ical clothing storage unit use, and 
written to motivate consumer compli-
ance. 
(3) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer 
product safety standard promulgated under para-
graph (1) shall be treated as a consumer product 
safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(c) SUBSEQUENT RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At any time subsequent to 
the publication of a consumer product safety stand-
ard under subsection (b)(1), the Commission may 
initiate a rulemaking, in accordance with section 553 
of title 5, United States Code— 
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(A) to modify the requirements of the con-
sumer product safety standard described in sub-
section (b)(1); or 
(B) to include any additional provision in 
such consumer product safety standard that the 
Commission determines is reasonably necessary 
to protect public health or safety. 
(2) TREATMENT OF RULES.—Any rule promul-
gated under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a con-
sumer product safety rule promulgated under section 
9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2058). 
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