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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2647 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 17, 2019 
Received 
AN ACT 
To adopt a certain California flammability standard as a 
Federal flammability standard to protect against the risk 
of upholstered furniture flammability, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safer Occupancy Fur-
niture Flammability Act’’ or the ‘‘SOFFA Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF CALIFORNIA FLAMMABILITY STAND-
ARD AS A FEDERAL STANDARD. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘bedding product’’ means— 
(A) an item that is used for sleeping or 
sleep-related purposes; or 
(B) any component or accessory with re-
spect to an item described in subparagraph (A), 
without regard to whether the component or ac-
cessory, as applicable, is used— 
(i) alone; or 
(ii) along with, or contained within, 
that item; 
(2) the term ‘‘California standard’’ means the 
standard set forth by the Bureau of Electronic and 
Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal 
Insulation of the Department of Consumer Affairs of 
the State of California in Technical Bulletin 117– 
2013, entitled ‘‘Requirements, Test Procedure and 
Apparatus for Testing the Smolder Resistance of 
Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture’’, originally 
published June 2013, as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this Act; 
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(3) the terms ‘‘foundation’’ and ‘‘mattress’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
1633.2 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(4) the term ‘‘upholstered furniture’’— 
(A) means an article of seating furniture 
that— 
(i) is intended for indoor use; 
(ii) is movable or stationary; 
(iii) is constructed with an uphol-
stered seat, back, or arm; 
(iv) is— 
(I) made or sold with a cushion 
or pillow, without regard to whether 
that cushion or pillow, as applicable, 
is attached or detached with respect 
to the article of furniture; or 
(II) stuffed or filled, or able to be 
stuffed or filled, in whole or in part, 
with any material, including a sub-
stance or material that is hidden or 
concealed by fabric or another cov-
ering, including a cushion or pillow 
belonging to, or forming a part of, the 
article of furniture; and 
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(v) together with the structural units 
of the article of furniture, any filling mate-
rial, and the container and covering with 
respect to those structural units and that 
filling material, can be used as a support 
for the body of an individual, or the limbs 
and feet of an individual, when the indi-
vidual sits in an upright or reclining posi-
tion; 
(B) includes an article of furniture that is 
intended for use by a child; and 
(C) does not include— 
(i) a mattress; 
(ii) a foundation; 
(iii) any bedding product; or 
(iv) furniture that is used exclusively 
for the purpose of physical fitness and ex-
ercise. 
(b) ADOPTION OF STANDARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Cali-
fornia standard shall be considered to be a flamma-
bility standard promulgated by the Consumer Prod-
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