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Union Calendar No. 162 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3170 
[Report No. 116–205] 
To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, 
or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2019 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. RUSH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mr. SOTO, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. UNDER-
WOOD, and MS. LOFGREN 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 
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] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 10, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribu-
tion in commerce, or importation into the United States 
of any crib bumper, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Safe Cribs Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CRIB BUMPERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF CRIB BUMPERS.— 
Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person 
to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in com-
merce, or import into the United States any crib bumper. 
(b) TREATMENT OF VIOLATION.—A violation of sub-
section (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a)(1) 
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)). 
(c) CRIB BUMPER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘crib bumper’’— 
(1) means any material that is intended to cover 
the sides of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occu-
pant from impacts against the side of a crib or to 
prevent partial or complete access to any openings in 
the sides of a crib to prevent a crib occupant from 
getting any part of the body entrapped in any open-
ing; 
(2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported 
and unsupported vinyl bumper guard, and vertical 
crib slat covers; and 
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(3) does not include a non-padded mesh crib 
liner. 
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Union Calendar No. 162 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3170 
[Report No. 116–205] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, 
distribution in commerce, or importation into the 
United States of any crib bumper, and for other 
purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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