Bill > H2119

This bill, titled the "Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014," prohibits the distribution in commerce, which means selling, offering for sale, manufacturing for sale, or importing into the United States, of children's products and upholstered furniture that contain certain specified flame retardants, including TDCPP, TCEP, TBBPA, Decabromodiphenyl ether, Antimony trioxide, HBCD, TBPH, TBB, Chlorinated paraffins, and TCPP, if the total chemical content of any of these flame retardants exceeds 1,000 parts per million by weight. The bill also establishes a Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel to study the health effects of all chemical flame retardants used in these products and to recommend additional flame retardants for prohibition, with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) then having the authority to add more chemicals to the prohibited list if they are found to cause substantial personal injury or illness, such as developmental disabilities, cancer, or endocrine disruption. Violations of this prohibition will be treated as violations of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and while the bill takes effect upon enactment, the prohibition on selling products with these flame retardants will begin one year later, with provisions for state laws to offer greater protection than this federal law.