Sunshine in Product Safety Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2813
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
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: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Sunshine in Product Safety Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals the limitation on the Consumer Product Safety 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: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2813 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2021 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself and Mr. Rush ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 of 2021 . 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) .