Title: SOFFA
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or SOFFA
This bill adopts a state flammability standard established by California as a federal standard to protect against the risk of upholstered-furniture flammability.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4220 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4220

   To adopt a certain California flammability standard as a Federal 
   flammability standard to protect against the risk of upholstered 
             furniture flammability and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2017

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To adopt a certain California flammability standard as a Federal 
   flammability standard to protect against the risk of upholstered 
             furniture flammability and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Occupancy Furniture 
Flammability Act'' or ``SOFFA''.

SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL BULLETIN 117 (2013) AS A 
              FEDERAL FLAMMABILITY STANDARD.

    (a) In General.--Beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the provisions of State of California, Bureau of Electronic 
and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Technical 
Bulletin Number 117-2013, entitled ``Requirements, Test Procedure and 
Apparatus for Testing the Smolder Resistance of Materials Used in 
Upholstered Furniture,'' dated June 2013, as they exist on the date of 
enactment of this Act, shall be considered to be a flammability 
standard issued by the Commission under section 4 of the Flammable 
Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1193).
    (b) Testing and Certification.--The Federal flammability standard 
created by subsection (a) shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)).
    (c) Preemption.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 16 of the 
        Flammable Fabrics Act and section 231 of the Consumer Product 
        Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 110-314, no State or 
        political subdivision of a State shall have any authority 
        either to establish or to continue in effect any provision of a 
        flammability law, regulation, code, or standard designed to 
        protect against the risk of occurrence of fire associated with 
        upholstered furniture.
            (2) Preservation of certain state law.--Nothing in this Act 
        or the Flammable Fabrics Act shall be construed to preempt or 
        otherwise affect Article 13, Title 4, sections 1374 through 
        1374.3 of the California Code of Regulations (except section 
        1374(b) and section 1374(c)) or the California Bureau of 
        Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal 
        Insulation Technical Bulletin Number 117-2013, entitled 
        ``Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the 
        Smolder Resistance of Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture'' 
        as they exist on the date of enactment of this Act.
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