Sec. 17. congressional veto of flammability regulations
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## Sec. 17 congressional veto of flammability regulations **[**[15 U.S.C. 1204](/us/usc/t15/s1204)**]** ###
(a)The Consumer Product Safety Commission6 shall transmit to the Secretary7 of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives a copy of any flammability regulation promulgated by the Commission under section 4. 6Section 204(c)(2)(H) of Public Law 110–314 provides for an amendment to section 17 by striking “Consumer Product Safety Commission” and inserting “Commission”. The reference to the phrase “Consumer Product Safety Commission” appears more than once and therefore was not carried out. 7The word “Secretary” was replaced with “Commission” throughout the Act (except for sections 9 and 14) by the amendment made by section 204(c)(2)(C) of Public Law 110–314. The reference to such word in section 17(a) probably should have been included with the exceptions to the global amendment. Such amendment was not carried out in the reference to section 17(a) in order to reflect the probable intent of Congress. ###
(b)Any regulation specified in subsection
(a)shall not take effect if— ####
(1)within the ninety calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such regulation, both Houses of the Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows (with the blank spaces appropriately filled): ``That the Congress disapproves the flammability regulation which was promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics Act by the Consumer Product Safety Commission6 with respect to and which was transmitted to the Congress on and disapproves the regulation for the following reasons: .''; or ####
(2)within the sixty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such regulation, one House of the Congress adopts such concurrent resolution and transmits such resolution to the other House and such resolution is not disapproved by such other House within the thirty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of such transmittal. ###
(c)Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a concurrent resolution of disapproval under this section shall not be construed as an expression of approval of the regulation involved, and shall not be construed to create any presumption of validity with respect to such regulation. ###
(d)For purposes of this section— ####
(1)continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and ####
(2)the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the periods of continuous session of the Congress specified in subsection (b).
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