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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 9, 1999
Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 1999 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to propose for comment and issue a final rule amending its Flammable Fabrics Act standards to revoke the amendments to the standards for the flammability of children's sleepwear issued by the Commission on September 9, 1966.Provides that: (1) the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Flammable Fabrics Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, or any other statute or executive order shall not apply with respect to the promulgation of such rule; and (2) sleepwear manufactured or imported before the effective date of the Commission's revocation shall not be considered in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act if it complied with the rules in effect at the time it was manufactured or imported.
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Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] · R–DE
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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