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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5442 
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a con-
sumer product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to 
protect children from tip-over-related death or injury, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2016 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 
promulgate a consumer product safety rule for free- 
standing clothing storage units to protect children from 
tip-over-related death or injury, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Stop Tip-overs of Un-
stable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act’’ or the ‘‘STURDY 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD TO PRO-
TECT AGAINST TIP-OVER OF FREE-STANDING 
CLOTHING STORAGE UNITS. 
(a) FREE-STANDING CLOTHING STORAGE UNIT DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘free-standing clothing 
storage unit’’ means any piece of furniture manufactured 
in the United States or imported for use in the United 
States that is intended for the storage of clothing, includ-
ing furniture items that— 
(1) are commonly referred to as a chest, door 
chest, chest of drawers, dresser, or bureau; or 
(2) may contain a chest, door chest, chest of 
drawers, dresser, or bureau. 
(b) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c)(1), not later than 540 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission shall promulgate, in accordance 
with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, a 
final consumer product safety standard for free- 
standing clothing storage units to protect children 
from tip-over-related death or injury. 
(2) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer 
product safety standard promulgated under para-
graph (1) shall be treated as a consumer product 
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safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(c) ASTM STANDARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b)(1) shall not 
apply if the Commission determines that a voluntary 
ASTM standard relating to free-standing clothing 
storage units— 
(A) adequately protects children from tip- 
over-related death or injury from free-standing 
clothing storage units; 
(B) is or will be published not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; 
(C) 
was 
developed 
by 
Subcommittee 
F15.42 on Furniture Safety of ASTM Inter-
national; and 
(D) is likely to be substantially complied 
with by furniture manufacturers. 
(2) PUBLICATION
OF
DETERMINATION.—The 
Commission shall publish each determination made 
under paragraph (1) in the Federal Register. 
(3) TREATMENT OF ASTM STANDARD FOR PUR-
POSES OF ENFORCEMENT.—If the Commission de-
termines that a voluntary ASTM standard meets all 
of the conditions described in paragraph (1), the re-
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(I) the date that is 180 days 
after the date on which ASTM Inter-
national notifies the Commission of 
such revision; or 
(II) such later date as the Com-
mission considers appropriate. 
(ii) NONCONFORMING
ASTM
STAND-
ARDS.—If the Commission determines, not 
later than 90 days after the date on which 
ASTM International notifies the Commis-
sion of a revised ASTM standard, that the 
requirements of the revised ASTM stand-
ard do not improve the safety of the con-
sumer product covered by the standard 
with respect to the condition described in 
paragraph (1)(A), the Commission shall 
continue to enforce the prior version of 
such standard in accordance with para-
graph (3). 
(d) SUBSEQUENT RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At any time subsequent to 
the publication of a consumer product safety stand-
ard under subsection (b)(1) or a determination re-
garding an ASTM standard under subsection (c)(1), 
the Commission may initiate a rulemaking, in ac-
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cordance with section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code— 
(A) to modify the requirements of the con-
sumer product safety standard described in sub-
section (b)(1) or (c)(1); or 
(B) to include any additional provision in 
such consumer product safety standard that the 
Commission determines is reasonably necessary 
to protect public health or safety. 
(2) TREATMENT OF RULES.—Any rule promul-
gated under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a con-
sumer product safety rule promulgated under section 
9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2058). 
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