House introduces a sweeping booster seat safety law to protect children in car crashes
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After determining that the makers of the car seats misled parents about their risks and endangered children’s lives, members of Congress are introducing a law that would establish the most sweeping safety rules for booster seats in more than two decades.
The new legislation, called the Booster Seat Safety Act, was prompted by a ProPublica investigation last year. The act’s chief sponsors — Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and Katie Porter, D-Calif. — say it will address gaping holes in federal regulations that have allowed booster seat manufacturers to make up their own side-impact crash tests and decide what passes.
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