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15 U.S.C. 2063: Product certification and labeling

Created in 1972 by Public Law 92-573. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 15 U.S.C. 2065, 15 U.S.C. 2066, 15 U.S.C. 2068, 15 U.S.C. 2076b, 15 U.S.C. 2082.

20 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Consumer Product Safety Commission (20).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2011

    • Pub. L. 112–28, §6, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, of subpar. (A), and added subpar. (B). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 112–28, §10(a), redesignated subsec. (d), relating to requirement for advertisements, as (i). Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 112–28, §2(a)(1), substituted "representative" for "random". Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 112–28, §2(a)(2), added pars. (3) to (5). Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 112–28, §10(a), redesignated subsec. (d), relating to requirement for advertisements, as (i). Law text · (i)

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(a)(1)(A), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "Every manufacturer of a product which is subject to a consumer product safety standard under this chapter and which is distributed in commerce (and the private labeler of such … Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(a)(2), which directed amendment of par. (2) of this section by adding pars. (2) and (3), was executed by adding pars. (2) and (3) to subsec. (a) of this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Former par. (2) redesignated (4). Law text · (a), (3)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(a)(3), substituted "required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3)" for "required by paragraph (1) of this subsection" and "requirement under paragraph (1), (2), or (3)" for "requirement under paragraph (1)". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(a)(2), which directed amendment of par. (2) of this section by redesignating par. (2) as (4), was executed to subsec. (a) of this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §103(a), added par. (5). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(d), substituted "any product which is subject to a consumer product safety rule under this chapter, or a similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission," for "consumer products which are subject to consumer product safety… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §103(b), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively. Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §103(c), added subsec (d) relating to requirement for advertisements. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(b), added subsec. (d) relating to additional regulations for third party testing. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–314, §102(b), added subsecs. (e) to (h). Law text · (e), (f), (g), (h)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.