Consumer Product Safety Commission Legislation Moves Toward Senate Vote

Over at U.S. PIRG's consumer blog, there's a running description of the progress of a consumer product safety bill pending before the Senate. That bill -- S. 2663, the CPSC Reform Act -- would, among many other things, provide more funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission and create a public database of product safety complaints, both things that the House bill does not do. PIRG explains that last night the Senate defeated, by a vote of 57 to 39, an amendment that would have substituted the House bill. To get all the information on the legislation, including the differences between the House and Senate bills, see PIRG's posts here, here, and here. The Senate will continue to debate the bill and various amendments today, and a vote on the Senate bill is expected tonight or Thursday.

Last Friday, in an item cross-posted from the Watchdog Blog, David Arkush and Graham Steele provided a detailed description of industry efforts to weaken the Senate bill.