S 4479 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Magnet Injury Prevention Act

Summary
Magnet Injury Prevention Act This bill prohibits as hazardous consumer products specified small, high-powered magnets. The prohibition includes magnets that (1) are designed and marketed for entertainment or mental stimulation (e.g., puzzle working, sculpture building, or certain jewelry); (2) are not classified as a toy or children’s jewelry subject to existing standards; (3) pose a choking, aspiration, or ingestion risk to young children; and (4) have a magnetic field magnitude above a certain threshold. The bill also authorizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue product safety standards for certain other types of small, high-powered magnets.
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Introduced Jun 23, 2022 Last action Jun 23, 2022
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Jun 23, 2022
Senate · Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 23, 2022
Senate · Introduced
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