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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1767 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a manda- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tory consumer product safety standard with respect to retractable |
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| 7 | 7 | | awnings. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALDERSON(for himself and Ms. CASTORof Florida) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to |
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| 15 | 15 | | promulgate a mandatory consumer product safety stand- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ard with respect to retractable awnings. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Awning Safety Act 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR RE-6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | TRACTABLE AWNINGS. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) C |
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| 25 | 25 | | ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYSTANDARDRE-8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | QUIRED.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 1767 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Com-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | mission shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | United States Code, a final consumer product safety 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | standard for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | within the jurisdiction of the Commission to protect 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | against the risk of death or serious injury related to the 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | hazards associated with such awnings, including the risk 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of death or serious injury related to the awning unexpect-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | edly opening and striking a person while removing the 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | bungee tie-downs for the cover of the awning. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) CPSC D |
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| 41 | 41 | | ETERMINATION OF SCOPE.—The Con-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sumer Product Safety Commission shall specify the types 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of retractable awning devices within the jurisdiction of the 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Commission that are within the scope of subsection (a) 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | as part of a standard promulgated under this section, as 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | reasonably necessary to protect against hazards associated 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | with retractable awnings. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) T |
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| 49 | 49 | | REATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer prod-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | uct safety standard promulgated under subsection (a) 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule promul-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | gated under sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 and 2058). 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Æ |
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