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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1855 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to ensure amusement rides |
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| 6 | 6 | | permanently fixed to a site are treated as consumer products, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARSON(for himself, Ms. TLAIB, and Mrs. MCIVER) 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 amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to ensure |
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| 15 | 15 | | amusement rides permanently fixed to a site are treated |
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| 16 | 16 | | as consumer products, and for other purposes. |
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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 ‘‘National Amusement 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Park Ride Safety Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. AMUSEMENT RIDES PERMANENTLY FIXED TO A 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SITE. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)) is amended 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by striking ‘‘, and which is not permanently fixed to a 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | site. Such term does not include such a device which is 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | permanently fixed to a site.’’ and inserting a period. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) A |
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| 34 | 34 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) I |
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| 36 | 36 | | N GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | erwise authorized to be appropriated to the Con-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | sumer Product Safety Commission, there is author-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ized to be appropriated to the Commission each fis-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | cal year for activities relating to covered devices 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | $11,500,000, of which— 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) $5,000,000 each fiscal year is author-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ized to be appropriated exclusively for activities 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | relating to covered devices not permanently 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | fixed to a site; and 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) $6,500,000 each fiscal year is author-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ized to be appropriated exclusively for activities 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | relating to covered devices permanently fixed to 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | a site. 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) C |
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| 51 | 51 | | OVERED DEVICE DEFINED .—In this sub-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | section, the term ‘‘covered device’’ means a mechan-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ical device which carries or conveys passengers 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | course or within a defined area for the purpose of 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | giving its passengers amusement, which is custom-24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | arily controlled or directed by an individual who is 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | employed for that purpose and who is not a con-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | sumer with respect to such device. 2 |
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