Bill Details
HR.1855 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-03-05
Policy Area
Commerce
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would change federal safety law so that amusement rides permanently attached to a site, such as rides at amusement parks, are clearly treated as consumer products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. The goal is to make sure the Consumer Product Safety Commission has authority and funding to oversee safety for both fixed rides and rides that are not permanently installed. It also sets aside money each year for the agency to carry out this work.
- It removes language that had excluded rides permanently fixed to a site from the law’s definition of a consumer product.
- It would authorize $11.5 million each year for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to work on amusement ride safety.
- Of that amount, $5 million would be for rides that are not permanently fixed to a site, and $6.5 million would be for rides that are permanently fixed to a site.
- The bill defines a covered ride as a mechanical device that carries passengers along a fixed or limited route or within a set area for amusement, usually operated by a trained employee.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1855 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1855
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to ensure amusement rides
permanently fixed to a site are treated as consumer products, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2025
Mr. Carson (for himself, Ms. Tlaib, and Mrs. McIver) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to ensure amusement rides
permanently fixed to a site are treated as consumer products, and for
other purposes.
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 ``National Amusement Park Ride Safety
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMUSEMENT RIDES PERMANENTLY FIXED TO A SITE.
(a) In General.--Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act
(15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``, and which is not
permanently fixed to a site. Such term does not include such a device
which is permanently fixed to a site.'' and inserting a period.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise
authorized to be appropriated to the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Commission each fiscal year for activities relating to covered
devices $11,500,000, of which--
(A) $5,000,000 each fiscal year is authorized to be
appropriated exclusively for activities relating to
covered devices not permanently fixed to a site; and
(B) $6,500,000 each fiscal year is authorized to be
appropriated exclusively for activities relating to
covered devices permanently fixed to a site.
(2) Covered device defined.--In this subsection, the term
``covered device'' means a mechanical device which carries or
conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted
route or course or within a defined area for the purpose of
giving its passengers amusement, which is customarily
controlled or directed by an individual who is employed for
that purpose and who is not a consumer with respect to such
device.
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