What did happen is that a stay of enforcement was issued for the testing and certification requirements for certain products (not all products) until February 10, 2010.

What this means is that all products must still fall within the lead and phthalate limits required by the CPSIA but they do not have to have proof of compliance (the piece of paper) required by the law until February 10, 2010.

A request was made by the National Assocation of Manufacturers for a stay on the tracking and labeling provision, but it was denied.

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To fix many of the problems the law has caused, Senator Jim DeMint (SC) proposed S. 374 in the Senate and Representative Joe Barton (TX) proposed HR 1815 in the House.

According to Congressional procedure, these bills are now under consideration by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

Many committee members, who were among CPSIA’s original authors, are obstructing progress by refusing to let any of these bills be debated and considered by either the House or Senate because they think there’s nothing wrong with CPSIA.

If you feel CPSIA could use some improvement, please tell them otherwise!

Write to your Senators and your Representative by clicking here for your Senators and clicking here for your Represenatatives.

Call or fax members of the committees:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce (the contact information is at the bottom of the page)

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

If you have additional questions about how to get involved, please send an email to info [at] whatisthecpsia [dot] com.

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