Magnet Injury Prevention Act
United States116th CongressS-3143Senate
Updated: Dec 19, 2019
Summary
Magnet Injury Prevention Act This bill prohibits as hazardous products specified consumer magnets made from alloys of rare-earth elements (i.e., the group of metallic elements that includes lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium). The prohibition includes magnets that (1) are commonly marketed for entertainment (e.g., puzzle working or sculpture building), (2) are not classified as a toy or children’s jewelry, (3) pose a choking risk to young children, and (4) have a magnetic field magnitude above a certain threshold.
Bill texts
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Timeline
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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