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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3169 
To protect consumers by codifying a fast-track recall program to remove 
potentially hazardous products from the marketplace as quickly and 
efficiently as possible. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2019 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To protect consumers by codifying a fast-track recall pro-
gram to remove potentially hazardous products from the 
marketplace as quickly and efficiently as possible. 
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 ‘‘Focusing Attention 
on Safety Transparency and Effective Recalls Act’’ or the 
‘‘FASTER Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FAST TRACK RECALLS OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS. 
Section 2064 of title 15, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following: 
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‘‘(k) FAST TRACK RECALLS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a manufacturer, dis-
tributor, or retailer notifies the Commission in writ-
ing of its intention to carry out a fast track recall 
plan to address a potential substantial product haz-
ard at no charge to consumers by repairing the af-
fected products, replacing the affected products with 
like or equivalent products, or refunding the pur-
chase price of the products (less a reasonable allow-
ance for use for products that are more than one 
year old at the time of the notification to the Com-
mission), the Commission shall promptly post the 
notice provided by the manufacturer, distributor, or 
retailer on the Commission’s website. The Commis-
sion may publicize the information contained in the 
notice by other means at its discretion. 
‘‘(A) The Commission’s posting of the no-
tice on its website shall constitute notification 
to the public for purposes of section 19(a)(5). 
‘‘(B) The manufacturer, distributor, or re-
tailer carrying out the fast track recall plan 
shall include in its notice to the Commission the 
following information, which shall be included 
in the public website posting: 
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‘‘(i) A clear description of the prod-
uct, including the volume of products af-
fected in the United States. 
‘‘(ii) A clear description of the safety 
risk being addressed. 
‘‘(iii) How a consumer can obtain a 
remedy offered by the manufacturer, dis-
tributor, or retailer. 
‘‘(iv) A statement that the remedy will 
be provided without charge to the con-
sumer. 
‘‘(v) The earliest date on which the 
remedy will be available to consumers. 
‘‘(vi) The schedule for notifying pur-
chasers, distributers, and retailers of the 
fast track recall plan. 
‘‘(C) The manufacturer, distributor, or re-
tailer carrying out the fast track recall plan 
may include additional information with its no-
tice to the Commission, which additional infor-
mation may include confidential business infor-
mation. The public notice along with any other 
information provided to the Commission shall 
constitute the fast track recall plan. 
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‘‘(D) The Commission shall not delay the 
posting of the public notice of the fast track re-
call plan for any reason related to reviewing the 
adequacy of the remedy or reviewing the public 
notice content or format, except that the Com-
mission may reject a public notice that does not 
include the content specified in subparagraph 
(B) of this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) The filing of a fast track recall plan 
with the Commission shall not constitute an ad-
mission that the affected products contain a de-
fect or present a substantial product hazard 
within the meaning of this section. 
‘‘(2) ADEQUACY OF REMEDY.—If the Commis-
sion obtains information that a remedy provided in 
a fast track recall plan under paragraph (1) is inad-
equate to address the potential product hazard iden-
tified by the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer 
carrying out the fast track recall plan, the Commis-
sion may commence a proceeding under subsection 
(c) or (d) to determine whether the product contains 
a substantial product hazard and, if so, to order the 
manufacturer, distributor, or retailer to take one or 
more of the actions specified in either of those sub-
sections. 
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‘‘(3) ACCELERATION
OF
SCHEDULE.—If the 
Commission determines that a fast track recall plan 
for which notice was provided under paragraph (1) 
is not likely to be capable of making remedies avail-
able to consumers within a reasonable time, the 
Commission may commence a proceeding under sub-
section (c) or (d) to determine whether the product 
contains a substantial product hazard, and, if so, 
shall order the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer 
to accelerate the remedy part of the fast track recall 
plan. 
‘‘(4) NO
EFFECT
ON
OTHER
PROVISIONS.— 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter 
the obligations of a manufacturer, distributor, or re-
tailer to provide a report required under subsection 
(b).’’. 
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