Emergency Interim Consumer Product Safety Standard Act of 1978
Public Law 95-319 · S. 2401 · 95th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Jul 11, 1978 · Commerce
Sponsor: Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Gary Hart
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Emergency Interim Consumer Product Safety Standard Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide an interim mandatory safety standard for flame resistance and corrosiveness for cellulose insulation.
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to enforce such rule in the same manner as any other consumer product safety rule.
Requires the Commission to promulgate a final rule if the Commission determines that the interim rule does not adequately protect the public.
Requires the Commission to submit reports to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce on its enforcement of this Act.
Authorizes the Commission to require that any person required to comply with the certification requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Act with respect to the manufacture of cellulose insulation use an independent third party's laboratory to do its testing for certification.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 19 actions.
- Jul 11, 1978Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 95-319.
- Jun 30, 1978PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Jun 29, 1978PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report.
- Jun 28, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1322.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1322.
- Jun 6, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- May 23, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- May 16, 1978FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11998.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Jan 24, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Jan 23, 1978FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.