Date: April 14, 1976
Subject: Product Safety Prosecutions
Description: Butler (R-VA) motion to recommit the conference report authorizing fiscal 1976-1978 funds for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to conference with specific instructions to disagree to a provision authorizing the agency to represent itself in civil litigation if the Attorney General refused to accept a case within 45 days. This motion would remove the CPSC's exclusive power (not possessed by other regulatory agencies) to institute criminal proceedings against citizens.
Result: Motion Failed, 177-192
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