§ 2083. — Congressional veto of consumer product safety rules.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2083]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 47--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
Sec. 2083. Congressional veto of consumer product safety rules
(a) Transmission to Congress
The Commission shall transmit to the Secretary of the Senate and the
Clerk of the House of Representatives a copy of any consumer product
safety rule promulgated by the Commission under section 2058 of this
title.
(b) Disapproval by concurrent resolution
Any rule specified in subsection (a) of this section shall not take
effect if--
(1) within the 90 calendar days of continuous session of the
Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such
rule, both Houses of the Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the
matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows (with the
blank spaces appropriately filled): ``That the Congress disapproves
the consumer product safety rule which was promulgated by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to and
which was transmitted to the Congress on and disapproves
the rule for the following reasons: .''; or
(2) within the 60 calendar days of continuous session of the
Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such
rule, one House of the Congress adopts such concurrent resolution
and transmits such resolution to the other House and such resolution
is not disapproved by such other House within the 30 calendar days
of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of
such transmittal.
(c) Presumptions from Congressional action or inaction
Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a concurrent resolution
of disapproval under this section shall not be construed as an
expression of approval of the rule involved, and shall not be construed
to create any presumption of validity with respect to such rule.
(d) Continuous session of Congress
For purposes of this section--
(1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of
the Congress sine die; and
(2) the days on which either House is not in session because of
an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in
the computation of the periods of continuous session of the Congress
specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(Pub. L. 92-573, Sec. 36, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XII,
Sec. 1207(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 718.)
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to consumer product safety rules
under this chapter and regulations under chapters 25 and 30 of this
title promulgated after Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1215 of Pub. L. 97-
35, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section
2052 of this title.
