(B) are within the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the agency. 
(2) CONTENTS.— 
(A) GENERAL INFORMATION.—The report 
shall contain the address of the Web site estab-
lished under subsection (c). 
(B) SPECIFIC
PRODUCT
INFORMATION.— 
The report shall contain the following informa-
tion for each product listed in such report: 
(i) The product name. 
(ii) A photograph of the product. 
(iii) A clear and concise description of 
the product. 
(iv) The reason for the product recall. 
(v) Whether the product recall was 
initiated by a Federal agency or by a pri-
vate entity. 
(vi) A description of the steps a con-
sumer should take to respond to the prod-
uct recall, including— 
(I) returning the product to the 
manufacturer; 
(II) replacing a part; or 
(III) other appropriate action. 
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(vii) The contact information for the 
manufacturer, including the manufactur-
er’s— 
(I) name; 
(II) postal address; 
(III) telephone number, including 
any telephone number dedicated to 
the product recall; and 
(IV) Web site, including any Web 
site dedicated to the product recall. 
(viii) The contact information for the 
distributor, including the distributor’s— 
(I) name; 
(II) postal address; 
(III) telephone number, including 
any telephone number dedicated to 
the product recall; and 
(IV) Web site, including any Web 
site dedicated to the product recall. 
(ix) The date that the product first 
became available to consumers in the 
United States. 
(x) The date that the product recall 
was issued. 
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(xi) The location of additional infor-
mation about the product recall, includ-
ing— 
(I) the telephone number of each 
hotline dedicated to the product recall 
that was established by the enforce-
ment agency, the manufacturer, or a 
third party; and 
(II) the address of each Web site 
providing information concerning the 
product recall that was established by 
the agency, the manufacturer, or a 
third party. 
(3) DISTRIBUTION.— 
(A) ONLINE AVAILABILITY.—The head of 
each enforcement agency shall make each quar-
terly report it issues under this subsection 
available on the Web site of such agency. If a 
department has jurisdiction over such agency, 
the head of the department shall include a link 
to such report on the public Web site of that 
department. 
(B) CONGRESS.—The head of the enforce-
ment agency shall submit each quarterly report 
to Congress. 
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(4) NOTICE.— 
(A) PRESS RELEASE.—Not later than the 
end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
of issuance of the quarterly report under para-
graph (1), the head of each enforcement agency 
shall issue a press release. Such press release 
shall announce the availability of such report, 
including information on where members of the 
public can access the report. 
(B) FEDERAL REGISTER.—Not later than 
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the 
date of issuance of the quarterly report under 
paragraph (1), the head of the enforcement 
agency shall publish in the Federal Register a 
notice of the availability of the quarterly report. 
(f) POSTERS AND OTHER MATERIALS IN PUBLIC 
PLACES.— 
(1) POSTERS DESCRIBING SIGNIFICANT PROD-
UCT RECALLS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a significant product 
recall of a product under the jurisdiction of an 
enforcement agency occurs, the head of such 
agency shall print and distribute a poster con-
taining information describing such recall. 
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(B) CONTENTS.—The poster shall in-
clude— 
(i) information on whether the prod-
uct recall was initiated by a Federal agen-
cy or by a private entity; and 
(ii) information on how to find addi-
tional information about product recalls. 
(C) DISTRIBUTION.—The posters under 
subparagraph (A) shall be distributed to busi-
nesses and other members of the public upon 
request, at no charge. 
(D) DEADLINE.—The head of the enforce-
ment agency shall print and distribute the post-
er under subparagraph (A) before the end of 
the 30-day period beginning on the date the 
product recall was issued. 
(2) POSTERS
DESCRIBING
AGENCY
ROLE
IN 
PRODUCT SAFETY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each en-
forcement agency shall— 
(i) before the end of the 30-day period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, issue posters and other printed mate-
rials that provide information on the role 
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of the agency in product recalls and prod-
uct safety; and 
(ii) revise such materials as appro-
priate. 
(B) 
DISTRIBUTION.—The 
posters 
and 
other materials issued under subparagraph (A) 
shall be distributed to businesses and other 
members of the public upon request, at no 
charge. 
(g) NOTICE OF PRIVATE PRODUCT RECALLS.—Any 
manufacturer or distributor of a product who voluntarily 
initiates a product recall for that product as a result of 
safety concerns shall provide notice of such recall to the 
enforcement agency with the authority to regulate the 
safety of that product, before the end of the 10-day period 
beginning on the date that the manufacturer issues the 
product recall. 
(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the end 
of the 30-day period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the head of each enforcement agency shall sub-
mit a report to Congress containing information on— 
(1) the method by which information on prod-
uct recalls is collected and is retained by the agency; 
(2) a list of all product recalls concerning prod-
ucts under the jurisdiction of the agency during the 
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1-year period preceding the enactment of this sec-
tion; 
(3) the current practices of the agency for dis-
tributing information about product recalls to the 
public, including practices for providing information 
about the product recall— 
(A) on the Internet; 
(B) to the press; and 
(C) to public libraries; 
(4) the progress that the agency has made in 
developing the public information plan required 
under subsection (a); and 
(5) a budget analysis detailing how the agency 
will use the amounts appropriated to it for purposes 
of this section. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
in addition to any other amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated to provide the public with information 
about product recalls and product safety— 
(1) to the Commission, $5,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2009 and $2,000,000 for each fiscal year there-
after; and 
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(2) to the head of each enforcement agency, 
other than the Commission, $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
(j) APPLICATION OF DEADLINES.—Each deadline es-
tablished in this section for action by an enforcement 
agency or a manufacturer or distributor of a product ap-
plies only to the extent that the enforcement agency, man-
ufacturer, or distributor can comply with the deadline and 
reasonably fulfil its obligations under other Federal stat-
utes. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
(2) CONSUMER.—The term ‘‘consumer’’ means, 
with respect to a product, an individual who uses the 
product primarily for personal purposes. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘en-
forcement agency’’ means any Federal agency, in-
cluding any independent agency and any inde-
pendent regulatory agency, having authority granted 
by Federal statute to regulate product safety. 
(4) PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘product’’ means any 
article, or component part thereof, including food, 
produced or distributed— 
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(A) for sale to a consumer for use in or 
around a permanent or temporary household or 
residence, a school, in recreation, or otherwise; 
or 
(B) for the personal use, consumption, or 
enjoyment of a consumer in or around a perma-
nent or temporary household or residence, a 
school, in recreation, or otherwise. 
(5) PRODUCT RECALL.—The term ‘‘product re-
call’’— 
(A) means a recall of a product issued to 
protect the safety of consumers; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) a corrective action related to a con-
sumer product subject to an order under 
section 12 or 15 of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2061, 2064); 
(ii) the designation of a product as a 
banned hazardous substance under the 
Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 
U.S.C. 1261 et seq.); 
(iii) a voluntary corrective action re-
lated to a consumer product taken by the 
manufacturer, in consultation with the 
Commission, of which action the Commis-
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sion has notified the public and that would 
have been subject to a mandatory correc-
tive action under the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) or an-
other Act enforced by the Commission if 
voluntary action had not been taken by the 
manufacturer; and 
(iv) a corrective action related to any 
motor vehicle or replacement equipment 
that contains a defect related to motor ve-
hicle safety or that does not comply with 
applicable motor vehicle safety standards 
and is subject to a notification order under 
section 30118(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, or a remedy under section 30120 of 
such title. 
(6) RELEVANT DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘rel-
evant department’’ means any executive department 
that includes an enforcement agency. 
Æ 
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