A bill to amend the act entitled "An Act to require certain safety devices on household refrigerators shipped in interstate commerce", approved August 2, 1956.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes it unlawful for any person to introduce any household refrigerator or home freezer manufactured on or after the date this Act takes effect unless it is shipped with a device enabling individual users or shippers to ventilate it when not in use. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe commercial standards or devices which: (1) when used in or on household refrigerators, will enable the doors thereof to be opened easily from the inside; and (2) when used in or on household refrigerators or home freezers, will readily enable individual users or shippers to ventilate the units when not in use by means which will not damage such units for future use. Specifies the dates at which the provisions of this Act shall take effect.…