[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5565 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5565
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act by repealing certain
provisions pertaining to enjoining disclosure, increasing the minimum
baseline civil penalties for violations, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2020
Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act by repealing certain
provisions pertaining to enjoining disclosure, increasing the minimum
baseline civil penalties for violations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safety Hazard and Recall Efficiency
Information Act'' or the ``SHARE Information Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ENJOINMENT OF DISCLOSURES.
Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2055(b))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Except as provided by
paragraph (4) of this subsection'' and inserting ``Except as
provided by paragraph (3) of this subsection'';
(2) by striking paragraph (3);
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as
paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively; and
(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), by
striking ``Paragraphs (1) through (3)'' and inserting
``Paragraphs (1) and (2)''.
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) Amendment.--Section 20(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act
(15 U.S.C. 2069(a)) is amended by striking ``$15,000,000'' each place
it appears and inserting ``$50,000,000''.
(b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply
to violations of the Consumer Product Safety Act occurring on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
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