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Union Calendar No. 225 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2474 
[Report No. 110–364] 
To provide for an increased maximum civil penalty for violations under the 
Consumer Product Safety Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To provide for an increased maximum civil penalty for 
violations under the Consumer Product Safety Act. 
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. CIVIL PENALTIES OF THE CONSUMER PROD-
UCT SAFETY COMMISSION. 
Section 20(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15
U.S.C.
2069(a)(1))
is
amended
by
striking 
‘‘$1,250,000’’
each
place
it
appears
and
inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Product Safety Civil 
Penalties Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTIES OF THE CONSUMER 
PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION. 
(a) INITIAL INCREASE
IN MAXIMUM CIVIL PEN-
ALTIES.— 
(1) TEMPORARY
INCREASE.—Notwithstanding 
the dollar amounts specified for maximum civil pen-
alties specified in section 20(a)(1) of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2069(a)(1)), section 
5(c)(1) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and 
section 5(e)(1) of the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 
U.S.C. 1194(e)(1)), the maximum civil penalties for 
any violation specified in such sections shall be 
$5,000,000, beginning on the date that is the earlier 
of the date on which final regulations are issued 
under section 3(b) or 360 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
cease to be in effect on the date on which the amend-
ments made by subsection (b)(1) shall take effect. 
(b) PERMANENT INCREASE IN MAXIMUM CIVIL PEN-
ALTIES.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CONSUMER
PRODUCT
SAFETY
ACT.— 
Section 20(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2069(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$1,250,000’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(B) FEDERAL
HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES 
ACT.—Section 5(c)(1) of the Federal Hazardous 
Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1264(c)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$1,250,000’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(C) FLAMMABLE
FABRICS
ACT.—Section 
5(e)(1) of the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 
1194(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$1,250,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is 
1 year after the earlier of— 
(A) the date on which final regulations are 
issued pursuant to section 3(b); or 
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