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PUBLIC LAW 92-573-OCT. 27, 1972
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Public Law 92-573 AN ACT
October 27, 1972
To protect consumers against unreasonable risk of injury from hazardous products, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled. '
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consumer Product Safety Act.
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1. This Act may be cited as the "Consumer Product Safety TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Short title; table of contents. Findings and purposes. Definitions. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety information and research. Public disclosure of information. Consumer product safety standards. Banned hazardous products. Administrative procedure applicable to promulgation of consumer product safety rules. 10. Commission responsibility—petition for consumer product safety rule. 11. Judicial review of consumer product safety rules. 12. Imminent hazards. 13. New products. 14. Product certification and labeling. 15. Notification and repair, replacement, or refund. 16. Inspection and recordkeeping. 17. Imported products. 18. Exports. 19. Prohibited acts. 20. Civil penalties. 21. Criminal penalties. 22. Injunctive enforcement and seizure. 23. Suits for damages by persons injured. 24. Private enforcement of product safety rules and of section 15 orders. 25. Effect on private remedies. 26. Effect on State standards. 27. Additional functions of Commission. 28. Product Safety Advisory Council. 29. Cooperation with States and with other Federal agencies. 30. Transfers of functions. 31. Limitation on jurisdiction. 32. Authorization of appropriations. 33. Separability. 34. Effective date. F I N D I N G S A N D PURPOSES
SEC. 2. (a) The Congressfindsthat— (1) an unacceptable number of consumer products which present unreasonable risks of injury are distributed in commerce; (2) complexities of consumer products and the diverse nature and abilities of consumers using them frequently result in an inability of users to anticipate risks and to safeguard themselves adequately; (3) the public should be protected against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products; (4) control by State and local governments of unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products is inadequate and may be burdensome to manufacturers; (5) existing Federal authority to protect consumers from exposure to consumer products presenting unreasonable risks of injury is inadequate; and 82-081 O - 73 - 79
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