15 U.S.C. § 1261
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United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 1261, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440989
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For the purposes of this chapter—
The term “hazardous substance” means:
The term “misbranded hazardous substance” means a hazardous substance (including a toy, or other article intended for use by children, which is a hazardous substance, or which bears or contains a hazardous substance in such manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to whom such toy or other article is entrusted) intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in the household or by children, if the packaging or labeling of such substance is in violation of an applicable regulation issued pursuant to section 1472 or 1473 of this title or if such substance, except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to section 1262 of this title, fails to bear a label—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvements Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consumer Product Safety Act Authorization ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008