S.1165: Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about commerce
  • Introduced June 9, 2011
  • Latest Major Action June 9, 2011

Bill Cosponsor

Bill Summary

Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate: (1) a standard requiring button cell battery compartments of battery-operated or assisted consumer products to be secured in a manner that reduces access to such batteries by children that are three years of age or younger; and (2) standards requiring warning labels to be included in any literature that accompanies such a product, on...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
June 9, 2011

Introduced in the Senate by John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

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