Pub. L. 116-283, div. A, tit. X, subtit. G, sec. 1082 (as amended)
REPORTING OF ADVERSE EVENTS RELATING TO CONSUMER PRODUCTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
SEC. 1082. [10 U.S.C. 113 note] REPORTING OF ADVERSE EVENTS RELATING TO CONSUMER PRODUCTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall issue to the military departments guidance to encourage the reporting of any adverse event related to a consumer product that occurs on a military installation on the appropriate consumer product safety website.
(b) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “adverse event” means—
(A) any event that indicates that a consumer product—
(i) fails to comply with an applicable consumer product safety rule or with a voluntary consumer product safety standard upon which the Consumer Product Safety Commission has relied under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058);
(ii) fails to comply with any other rule, regulation, standard, or ban under that Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission;
(iii) contains a defect that could create a substantial product hazard described in section 15(a)(2) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2064(a)(2)); or
(iv) creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death; or
(B) any other harm described in subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2055a) and required to be reported in the database established under subsection (a) of that section.
(2) The term “consumer product” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052).
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 10 U.S.C. 113 note