Sunshine in Product Safety Act

Bill: 117-s-1355
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-04-22
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Consumer affairs

Freedom of information

Government information and archives

Manufacturing

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Sunshine in Product Safety Act</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals the limitation on the Federal Trade Commission from disclosing information about a consumer product that may reveal the identity of the product's manufacturer without first taking reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate and that releasing the information to the public serves the purposes of the laws administered by the commission.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1355 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2021 Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to strike provisions that limit the disclosure of certain information by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sunshine in Product Safety Act . 2. Disclosure of information on consumer products (a) In general Section 6 of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2055 ) is amended by striking subsection (b). (b) Conforming amendments The Consumer Product safety Act is amended— (1) in section 6A ( 15 U.S.C. 2055a ), by striking and (b) each place that such appears in subsections (b)(3) and (f); and (2) in section 29 ( 15 U.S.C. 2078 )— (A) in subsection (e)(B), by striking unless with respect to such information the Commission has complied with the applicable requirements of section 6(b) ; and (B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking subsections (a)(3) and (b) and inserting subsection (a)(3) .