CPSIA Lead Limits

5 ‘‘(5) EXCLUSION FROM THIRD PARTY TEST
6 ING.—
7 ‘‘(A) CERTAIN PRINTED MATERIALS.—
8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The third party
9 testing requirements established under
10 subsection (a) shall not apply to ordinary
11 books or ordinary paper-based printed ma
12 terials.
13 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—
14 ‘‘(I) ORDINARY BOOK.—The term
15 ‘ordinary book’ means a book printed
16 on paper or cardboard, printed with
17 inks or toners, and bound and fin
18 ished using a conventional method,
19 and that is intended to be read or has
20 educational value. Such term does not
21 include books with inherent play
22 value, books designed or intended for
23 a child 3 years of age or younger, and
24 does not include any toy or other arti-

1 cle that is not a book that is sold or
2 packaged with an ordinary book.
3 ‘‘(II) ORDINARY PAPER-BASED
4 PRINTED MATERIALS.—The term ‘or5
dinary paper-based printed materials’
6 means materials printed on paper or
7 cardboard, such as magazines, post
8 ers, greeting cards, and similar prod
9 ucts, that are printed with inks or
10 toners and bound and finished using a
11 conventional method.
12 ‘‘(III) EXCLUSIONS.—Such terms
13 do not include books or printed mate
14 rials that contain components that are
15 printed on material other than paper
16 or cardboard or contain nonpaper
17 based components such as metal or
18 plastic parts or accessories that are
19 not part of the binding and finishing
20 materials used in a conventional
21 method.