The Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011 (S. 1165) was introduced by Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller (D-WV), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, on June 9. Intended "to protect children and other consumers against hazards associated with the accidental ingestion of button cell batteries," the Act would empower the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to create a new mandatory standard for button cell battery compartments and require manufacturers to include warning labels on product packaging and possibly products themselves.
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