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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-348
SAFER OCCUPANCY FURNITURE FLAMMABILITY ACT
DECEMBER 16, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2647]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2647) to adopt a certain California flammability
standard as a Federal flammability standard to protect against the
risk of upholstered furniture flammability, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 1
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 2
III. Com m ittee H earings ...................................................................................... 3
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 4
V . C om m ittee V otes ............................................................................................ 4
V I. O versigh t F in dings ....................................................................................... 5
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 5
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 5
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ........................ 5
X. Duplication of Federal Program s ................................................................. 5
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ............................................................................. 5
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 5
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ................................................................... 5
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ............................................................. 6
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 6
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 7
I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 2647, the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or
SOFFA, was introduced on May 9, 2019, by Reps. Matsui (D-CA),
Griffith (R-VA), Rush (D-IL), and Cdrdenas (D-CA) and referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2647 requires
the adoption of the California upholstered furniture flammability
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