S. 3143 · 116th Congress
Magnet Injury Prevention Act
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This bill prohibits as hazardous products specified consumer magnets made from alloys of rare-earth elements (i.e., the group of metallic elements that includes lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 19, 2019
Magnet Injury Prevention Act
This bill prohibits as hazardous products specified consumer magnets made from alloys of rare-earth elements (i.e., the group of metallic elements that includes lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium). The prohibition includes magnets that (1) are commonly marketed for entertainment (e.g., puzzle working or sculpture building), (2) are not classified as a toy or children’s jewelry, (3) pose a choking risk to young children, and (4) have a magnetic field magnitude above a certain threshold.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Magnet Injury Prevention Act
Latest action (Dec 19, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 19, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.