Signed Into Law: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008

President Bush recently signed into law H.R. 4040, otherwise known as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The bill which reauthorizes and modernizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission also establishes consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products. White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto has stated, "This bill will help to ensure that products Americans find on their store shelves are safe and that the regulating agencies have the resources they need to enforce law. This has become an increasingly difficult and complex job as more imports from more nations are now sold in the United States than ever before."