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Action Alert! CPSIA - Support bill to exempt books

  • 1.  Action Alert! CPSIA - Support bill to exempt books

    Posted Jan 21, 2011 02:34 PM

    Please distribute widely -

    Action Alert! CPSIA - Support bill to exempt books

    A bill (HR 272) has been reintroduced in the House to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to exclude ordinary books from required lead testing standards.  Lead tests on books have found lead levels far below the future requirements.  You may recall that last year the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a report stating that although Congress did not intend to include ordinary books, the CPSC could not grant an exclusion for these items.  The CPSC issued a one-year stay for implementation, which is set to expire on February 10th.  For more information, including a link to the report, see the District Dispatch posting at http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5556.

    HR 272 has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.  The complete list of committee members for the 112th Congress has not yet been posted.

    Please contact your representative in the House and ask them to support and/or co-sponsor HR 272.  A Capwiz Action Alert has been set up at http://bit.ly/eM841 and provides additional background information and talking points.

    Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!

    Jay Bansbach - AASL Legislative Committee