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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2552
To promote the health and safety of children by requiring the posting of
Consumer Product Safety Commission child care center safety standards
in child care centers and by requiring that the Secretary of Health
and Human Services report to Congress with recommendations to pro-
mote compliance with such standards.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 1999
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. FROST, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. KILPATRICK,
Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY,
and Mr. WEINER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To promote the health and safety of children by requiring
the posting of Consumer Product Safety Commission
child care center safety standards in child care centers
and by requiring that the Secretary of Health and
Human Services report to Congress with recommenda-
tions to promote compliance with such standards.
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 ‘‘Child Care Safety Act
of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) A study conducted by the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission in October and November of
1998, found that 2⁄3 of the child care settings stud-
ied exhibited at least 1 of the Commission’s targeted
safety hazards.
(2) The Consumer Product Safety Commission
is aware of at least 56 children who have died in
child care settings since 1990.
(3) In 1997, approximately 31,000 children,
ages 4 years and younger, were treated in hospital
emergency rooms after being injured in child care or
school settings.
SEC. 3. POSTING OF CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COM-
MISSION STANDARDS REQUIRED.
Section 658S of the Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858q) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS AS INCOME.—
Notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
STANDARDS.—
‘‘(1) 
SECRETARY
REQUIRED
TO
PROVIDE
STANDARDS.—As soon as practicable after the date
of the enactment of the Child Care Center Safety
Act of 1999, and with each distribution of funds
under this Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of
the Consumer Product Safety Commission child care
center safety standards to each eligible child care
provider receiving funds under this Act.
‘‘(2) STANDARDS REQUIRED TO BE POSTED.—
An eligible child care provider receiving funds under
this Act shall post a copy of the standards provided
under paragraph (1) in the child care facility in a
location where the standards can be easily read by
employees, parents, and other interested parties.
‘‘(3) FORMAT OF STANDARDS.—The Secretary,
in consultation with the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, shall develop a format for the stand-
ards required to be provided under paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall report to Congress with recommendations
for incentives, penalties, or other methods for encouraging
eligible child care providers receiving funds under the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990,
to comply with Consumer Product Safety Commission
child care center safety standards.
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