ping over of furniture or appliances, and more than 
100 deaths have been reported since 2000. Approxi-
mately 80 percent of the injuries were incurred by 
children under age 5. 
(2) These injuries and deaths frequently occur 
when children climb onto, fall against, or pull them-
selves up on such items as shelves, bookcases, dress-
ers, bureaus, desks, chests, television stands, and 
television sets. 
(3) ASTM International, a voluntary consensus 
standards organization, has issued a voluntary 
standard to prevent furniture tipping accidents. 
However, many furniture manufacturers do not 
abide by the voluntary standard. 
(4) Glass tables without safety glass injure 
more than 15,000 people a year. 
(5) The European Union requires that glass 
table tops be made of safety glass, and the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has 
issued standards for the use of safety glass in doors, 
storm doors, bathtub doors, shower doors, and slid-
ing glass doors, but not in tables and other fur-
niture. 
(6) The issuance of mandatory safety standards 
to prevent accidents related to furniture tipover and 
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glass furniture would greatly reduce the risk of inju-
ries associated with these products. 
SEC. 3. FURNITURE TIPPING SAFETY STANDARDS. 
(a) RULEMAKING; APPLICABLE FURNITURE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) shall promulgate 
final consumer product safety standards under section 
7(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056(a)) applicable to any furniture that the Commission 
determines poses a substantial safety hazard due to tip-
ping because of its design, height, weight, stability, or 
other features. 
(b) SAFETY STANDARDS.—At a minimum, the stand-
ards prescribed under subsection (a) shall be substantially 
the same as the January 22, 2007 proposed revision to 
standard ASTM F2057–06 or any successor standard 
thereto issued by ASTM International, which requires ap-
plicable furniture to withstand pressure of 50 pounds and 
be equipped with anchoring devices capable of with-
standing 100 pounds of force. 
SEC. 4. GLASS FURNITURE SAFETY STANDARDS. 
(a) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Commission shall pro-
mulgate final consumer product safety standards under 
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section 7(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2058), to require that, in any furniture containing 
a glass surface or pane of a size the Commission deter-
mines may pose a safety hazard to consumers upon break-
ing, the glass contained therein be safety glass. 
(b) SAFETY GLASS DEFINED.—For purposes of the 
safety standard required under this section, the term 
‘‘safety glass’’ means reinforced glass that has been lami-
nated or tempered to increase its strength or to cause it 
to hold together or break into small, less dangerous pieces 
when broken. 
SEC. 5. REPORT ON FURNITURE SAFETY. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commission shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report on— 
(1) the degree of industry compliance with the 
standards prescribed under sections 3 and 4; 
(2) any enforcement actions brought by the 
Commission to enforce such standards; and 
(3) reports of incidents involving children and 
furniture, including both furniture that is and is not 
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in compliance with the standards prescribed under 
sections 3 and 4. 
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