Awning Safety Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1767 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1767

   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a
mandatory consumer product safety standard with respect to retractable
                                awnings.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2025

 Mr. Balderson (for himself and Ms. Castor of Florida) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL

   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a
mandatory consumer product safety standard with respect to retractable
                                awnings.

    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 ``Awning Safety Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR RETRACTABLE AWNINGS.

    (a) Consumer Product Safety Standard Required.--Not later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission shall promulgate, under section 553 of title
5, United States Code, a final consumer product safety standard for
fixed and freestanding retractable awnings within the jurisdiction of
the Commission to protect against the risk of death or serious injury
related to the hazards associated with such awnings, including the risk
of death or serious injury related to the awning unexpectedly opening
and striking a person while removing the bungee tie-downs for the cover
of the awning.
    (b) CPSC Determination of Scope.--The Consumer Product Safety
Commission shall specify the types of retractable awning devices within
the jurisdiction of the Commission that are within the scope of
subsection (a) as part of a standard promulgated under this section, as
reasonably necessary to protect against hazards associated with
retractable awnings.
    (c) Treatment of Standard.--A consumer product safety standard
promulgated under subsection (a) shall be treated as a consumer product
safety rule promulgated under sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 and 2058).
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