Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Product Safety Commission Personnel, Consumer Product Safety Improvement ACT, Anne Northup (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Consumer Product Safety Commission Personnel, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Anne Northup, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, U.s. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Inez Tenenbaum, Consumer Product Safety Act, Thomas Hill Moore. Excerpt: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 is a United States law signed on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush. The legislative bill was known as HR 4040, sponsored by Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). On December 19, 2007, the U.S. House approved the bill 407-0. On March 6, 2008, the U.S. Senate approved the bill 79-13. The lawpublic law 110-314increases the budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSe, imposes new testing and documentation requirements, and sets new acceptable levels of several substances. It imposes new requirements on manufacturers of apparel, shoes, personal care products, accessories and jewelry, home furnishings, bedding, toys, electronics and video games, books, school supplies, educational materials and science kits. The Act also increases fines and specifies jail time for some violations. This act is seen in part controversial because of its impact to many types of businesses that did not cause the problem. Because of the wide-sweeping nature of the law, many small resellers will be forced to discontinue the sale of childrens products and are in risk of losing(and in some cases have already lost) their business. The law increases the CPSC budget authorization from $80 million in 2008 to $136 million in 2014. It also increases staffing to at least 500 personnel by 2013. It is targeted mostly toward "children's products", which are defined as any consumer product designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger. There are also ne... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20570123