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Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D–IN
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E186)
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-05 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would remove language excluding permanently installed amusement rides from a definition in the Consumer Product Safety Act. It would also authorize an additional $11.5 million each year for Consumer Product Safety Commission activities involving covered rides, divided between permanently installed and other rides. This would authorize future funding, rather than itself provide the money.
Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)) is amended by striking , and which is not permanently fixed to a site. Such term does not include such a device which is permanently fixed to a site. and inserting a period.
In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission each fiscal year for activities relating to covered devices $11,500,000, of which— (A) $5,000,000 each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated exclusively for activities relating to covered devices not permanently fixed to a site; and (B) $6,500,000 each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated exclusively for activities relating to covered devices permanently fixed to a site.
Section 1 gives the proposal the short title “National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act.”
This Act may be cited as the National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act.
Section 2 would delete both the requirement that a device not be permanently fixed to a site and the sentence excluding permanently fixed devices from the referenced statutory definition. The bill does not reproduce the rest of that definition.
Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)) is amended by striking , and which is not permanently fixed to a site. Such term does not include such a device which is permanently fixed to a site. and inserting a period.
The additional annual funding authorization would reserve $5 million exclusively for Commission activities involving covered rides that are not permanently fixed to a site, and $6.5 million exclusively for activities involving permanently fixed covered rides.
(A) $5,000,000 each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated exclusively for activities relating to covered devices not permanently fixed to a site; and (B) $6,500,000 each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated exclusively for activities relating to covered devices permanently fixed to a site.
For the funding provision, a covered ride must be a mechanical device carrying passengers for amusement along a fixed or restricted course or within a defined area. It must customarily be controlled or directed by someone employed for that purpose who is not a consumer of that device.
In this subsection, the term covered device means a mechanical device which carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course or within a defined area for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, which is customarily controlled or directed by an individual who is employed for that purpose and who is not a consumer with respect to such device.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated June 25, 2026, records introduction in the House, referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and sponsor introductory remarks on March 5, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-06-25T08:07:46Z. 2025-03-05: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-03-05: Introduced in House 2025-03-05: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E186)
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