1. Expansion of prohibition on manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products containing phthalates
In general— Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–314; 15 U.S.C. 2057c) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
by striking “children's toy or child care article” and inserting “children's product”; and
by striking “or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)” and inserting “benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), or di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP)”; and
in subsection (b)—
by striking paragraph (1);
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking “a final rule” and all that follows through “evaluate the findings” and inserting “a final rule to evaluate the findings”.
Conforming amendments— Such section is further amended—
in subsection (c)—
by striking “subsections (a) and (b)(1) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3)” and inserting “subsection (a) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(2)”; and
by striking “children's toy or child care article” each place it appears and inserting “children's product”;
in subsection (d)(1), by striking “children's toy or child care article” and inserting “children's product”;
in subsection (e), by striking “subsection (a) or (b)(1) or any rule promulgated by the Commission under subsection (b)(3)” and inserting “subsection (a) or any rule promulgated by the Commission under subsection (b)(2)”;
in subsection (f), by striking “subsections (a) and (b)(1) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3)” and inserting “subsection (a) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(2)”; and
in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
“(E) The term children's product has the meaning given such term in section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)).”