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Child Safety Enhancement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish performance requirements for child restraints, including booster seats, for children weighing more than 50 pounds; (2) develop, evaluate, and initiate a rulemaking proceeding to adopt an anthropomorphic test device that simulates a ten-year old child for use in testing child restraints used in passenger motor vehicles; (3) complete a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 208 relating to occupant crash protection in order to require a lap and shoulder belt assembly for each rear designated seating position in a passenger vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; and (4) initiate an evaluation of integrated or built-in child restraints and booster seats.
People & committees
Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] · R–IL
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Became Public Law No: 107-318.
Became Public Law No: 107-318.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11342)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11342)
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR 11/14/2002 H8941)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR 11/14/2002 H8941)
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/14/2002 H8925-9007)
Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-726.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-726.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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