Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1471 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1471 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 91-601, Sec. 2, Dec. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1670; Pub. L. 92-
516, Sec. 3(2), Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 92-573, Sec.
30(a), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1231; Pub. L. 94-284, Sec. 3(a), May
11, 1976, 90 Stat. 503.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91-601 which enacted
this chapter, section 136(z)(2)(i) of Title 7, Agriculture, and
sections 343(n), 352(p), and 362(f) of Title 21, Food and Drugs,
amended section 1261(p) of this title and section 353(b)(2) of
Title 21, and enacted provisions set out as a note under this
section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note below and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1976 - Par. (2). Pub. L. 94-284 struck out subpar. (B) which
included pesticide as defined in section 136(u) of Title 7 within
meaning of "household substance", and redesignated subpars. (C) and
(D) as (B) and (C), respectively.
1972 - Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 92-516 substituted "a pesticide" for
"an economic poison".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 92-516, see section 4
of Pub. L. 92-516, set out as an Effective Date note under section
136 of Title 7, Agriculture.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 8, formerly Sec. 9, of Pub. L. 91-601, as amended by Pub.
L. 92-573, Sec. 30(a), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1231, and renumbered
by Pub. L. 97-35, title XII, Sec. 1205(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat.
716, provided that: "This Act [see Short Title note set out below]
shall take effect on the date of its enactment [Dec. 30, 1970].
Each regulation establishing a special packaging standard shall
specify the date such standard is to take effect which date shall
not be sooner than one hundred and eighty days or later than one
year from the date such regulation is final, unless the Commission,
for good cause found, determines that an earlier effective date is
in the public interest and publishes in the Federal Register his
reason for such finding, in which case such earlier date shall
apply. No such standard shall be effective as to household
substances subject to this Act packaged prior to the effective date
of such final regulation."
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 91-601 provided that: "This Act [enacting
this chapter, section 135(z)(2)(i) of Title 7, Agriculture, and
sections 343(n), 352(p), and 362(f) of Title 21, Food and Drugs,
amending section 1261(p) of this title and section 353(b)(2) of
Title 21, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this
section] may be cited as the 'Poison Prevention Packaging Act of
1970'."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Commission" substituted for "Secretary" and "Consumer Product
Safety Commission" substituted for "Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare" in par. (1) pursuant to section 30(a) of Pub. L. 92-
573, which is classified to section 2079(a) of this title and
which transferred functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare under this chapter to Consumer Product Safety Commission.