House Passes Amendment to Block CPSC Voluntary Recall Proposal
The House passed on July 16 an amendment to prohibit funds from being used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to “finalize, implement, or enforce” a CPSC proposal aimed at making voluntary correction action plans legally binding. The amendment eked out passage with 229 votes in favor and 194 opposed. The amendment was tacked onto the House financial services appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015, which passed on July 16 along sharp partisan lines (here). Lawmakers approved nearly a dozen amendments in total (here).
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The CPSC proposal, issued in November, would set requirements for voluntary remedial actions and recall notices, while adding compliance programs as possible corrective actions. The measure would impact importers, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors of consumer products (see 13112028). Some lawmakers and former CPSC Chairwoman Ann Brown recently criticized the proposal for its potential to jeopardize a CPSC program that quickly gets defective product off the market (see 14060420). The proposal could make CPSC’s “fast track” program impossible through prohibiting disclaimers from companies initiating recalls and making the voluntary correction action plans legally binding, they said.