PUBLIC LAW 94-284—MAY 11, 1976
90 STAT. 503
Public Law 94-284 94th Congress An Act To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to improve the Consumer Product Safety Commission, to authorize new appropriations, and for other purposes.
May 11, 1976 [S. 644]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Consumer United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the "Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvements Act of 1976". SECTION
AUTHORIZATION
Product Safety Commission Improvements Act of 1976. 15 USC 2051 note.
OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 2. Section 32(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2081 (a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act (other than the provisions of section 27(h) which authorize the planning and construction of 15 USC 2076. research, development, and testing facilities) and for the purpose of carrying out the functions, powers, and duties transferred to the Commission under section 30, not to exceed— "(1) $51,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; "(2) $14,000,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; "(3) $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; and " (4) $68,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.". LIMITATIONS ON JURISDICTION
SEC. 3. (a) Section 2(2) of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1471 (2)) is amended by (1) striking out subparagraph (B), and (2) redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. (b) Section 3(a)(1)(D) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(1)(D)) is amended by striking out "economic poisons" and inserting in lieu thereof "pesticides". (c) Section 2(f)2 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261(f)(2)) is amended by inserting immediately before "but such term" the following: "nor to tobacco and tobacco products,". (d) Section 3(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.R.C. 2052(a)(1)) is amended by (1) inserting "other" before "limitations" in the last sentence, and (2) inserting before such sentence the following: "Except for the regulation under this Act or the Federal Hazardous Substances Act of fireworks devices or any substance intended for use as a component of any such device, the Commission shall have no authority under the functions transferred pursuant to section 30 of this Act to regulate any product or article described in 15 USC 2079. subparagraph (E) of this paragraph or described, without regard to quantity, in section 845(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code.".
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