Safe Cribs Act
This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers. Crib bumpers generally are padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings; they do not include unpadded, mesh crib liners.
To provide that crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous 
 products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Cribs Act''.

SEC. 2. BANNING OF CRIB BUMPERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, crib bumpers, regardless of the date of 
manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product under 
section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).
    (b) Crib Bumper Defined.--In this section, the term ``crib 
bumper''--
            (1) means any material that is intended to cover the sides 
        of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occupant from impacts 
        against the side of a crib or to prevent partial or complete 
        access to any openings in the sides of a crib to prevent a crib 
        occupant from getting any part of the body entrapped in any 
        opening;
            (2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported and 
        unsupported vinyl bumper guard, and vertical crib slat covers; 
        and
            (3) does not include a non-padded mesh crib liner.

            Passed the Senate March 23, 2022.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1259

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Safe Cribs Act
A bill to provide that crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes.
Safe Cribs Act
Safe Cribs Act
Safe Cribs Act
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy