SOFFA

Bill: 115-hr-4220
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-11-02
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

California

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal preemption

Fires

Product safety and quality

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or SOFFA</b></p> <p>This bill adopts a state flammability standard established by California as a federal standard to protect against the risk of upholstered-furniture flammability.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4220 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 2, 2017 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or SOFFA . 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.