Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Child safety, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer protection, Consumers, Executive departments, Furniture industry, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Product safety, Standards
Latest Action: 12/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture. 12/4/2007--Introduced. Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate final consumer product safety standards, applicable to any furniture the CPSC determines poses a substantial safety hazard due to tipping, that are (at a minimum) substantially the same as a specified ASTM standard. Requires the CPSC to promulgate final consumer product safety standards to require that, in any furniture containing a glass surface or pane of a size that poses a safety hazard on breaking, the glass be safety glass.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Bus drivers, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Curricula, Department of Transportation, Driver education, Driver licenses, Emergency management, Employee training, Executive departments, Federal aid to transportation, Fire prevention, Governmental investigations, Hours of labor, Job training, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical records, Medical tests, Medicine, Motor buses, Motor vehicle safety, Physical examinations, Seat belts, State and local government, State laws, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation
Latest Action: 09/18/2008 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes. 11/8/2007--Introduced. Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to prescribe regulations requiring motorcoaches to be installed with: (1) safety seat belts at each seating position; (2) advanced glazing in each portal to prevent passenger ejection; (3) improved firefighting equipment; and (4) enhanced compartmentalization safety countermeasures and certain other motor vehicle safety features.Requires the Secretary to complete, and report to Congress on, a study on improving bus crashworthiness, bus crash avoidance, and bus fire protection and passenger evacuation.Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary to prescribe regulations: (1) requiring providers of motorcoach services registered with the the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to undergo periodic safety reviews; (2) establishing a training curriculum [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextRecognizing and congratulating Guardian Industries and its 75th anniversary of commitment and leadership in the United States and global glass, automotive, and building products industries. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Recognizes Guardian Industries' commitment and leadership in the U.S. and global glass, automotive, and building products industries. Congratulates the company on its 75th anniversary as it continues to implement its philosophy of entrepreneurship and progressive management.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Aluminum, Beverage containers, Budgets, Business, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Contracts, Criminal justice, Environmental law enforcement, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Fines (Penalties), Food, Gifts, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Groundwater, Hazardous substances, Incineration, Indians, Interstate commerce, Interstate relations, Landfills, Law, Licenses, Local government, Maps, Medical care, Medical wastes, Medicine, Methane, Minorities, Municipal solid waste, Paper recycling, Plastics, Politics and government, Pollution measurement, Potable water, Public contracts, Public meetings, Radioactive waste disposal, Radioactive wastes, Recycling of waste products, Refuse and refuse disposal, Road construction, Sewage disposal, Sewage sludge, Solid wastes, State and local government, State laws, State politics and government, State-local relations, Steel, Subsidies, Transboundary pollution, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, Trucking, Trucks, User charges, Waste disposal sites, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextTo impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2007 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-state municipal solid waste (MSW) for disposal or incineration unless the waste is received pursuant to a new or existing host community agreement or an exemption from this prohibition (which may be limited by the state). Establishes conditions for exemptions. Authorizes states to establish limits on the amount of out-of-state MSW received annually for disposal at each facility. Sets the limitation amount for any facility that began receiving documented out-of-state waste before enactment of this Act at the amount received during 1993 (or first subsequent year of documentation). Prohibits state limits from conflicting with permits or host community agreements. Authorizes states [...] show full description
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