,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1     
#bjai,mr4 ,blumenthal introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the           
manufacture for sale1 offer for sale1   
distribution in commerce1 or importation
 into the ,united ,states of any        
inclined sleeper for infants1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,safe ,sleep   
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,prohibition on sale
 of inclined sleepers for infants  7a7  
,prohibition on the sale of inclined    
sleepers for infants ,beginning on the  
date that is #ahj days after the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 it shall be    
unlawful for any person to manufacture  
for sale1 offer for sale1 distribute in 
commerce1 or import into the ,united    
,states any inclined sleeper for        
infants4  7b7 ,treatment of violation ,a

 violation of subsection 7a7 shall be   
treated as a violation of section       
#ai7;a77#a7 of the ,consumer ,product   
,safety ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4             
#bjfh7;a77#a774  #c4 ,future ,,cpsc     
action  7a7 ,in general ,the ,consumer  
,product ,safety ,commission1 in        
accordance with section #ajd of the     
,consumer ,product ,safety ,improvement 
,act of #bjjh 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bjef;a7   
may promulgate a consumer product safety
 standard for a product category        
intended1 marketed1 or designed to      
provide sleeping accommodations for an  
infant up to one year old only if such  
standard is consistent with safe sleep  
best practices as agreed upon by        
representatives of consumer groups1     
nationally recognized organization      
representing pediatricians1 juvenile    
product manufacturers1 and independent  
child product engineers and experts4    
7b7 ,interpretation ,nothing in this    
,act shall be construed to prohibit the 
,consumer ,product ,safety ,commission  

from promulgating1 in accordance with   
section #ajd of the ,consumer ,product  
,safety ,improvement ,act of #bjjh 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #bjef;a71 consumer product    
safety standards for products not       
intended1 marketed or designed to       
provide sleeping accommodations for an  
infant up to one year old4  #d4         
,definition ,in this ,act1 the term     
inclined sleeper for infants means a    
product with an inclined sleep surface  
greater than ten degrees that is        
intended1 marketed1 or designed to      
provide sleeping accommodations for an  
infant up to one year old4