Though amusement park rides travel up to 100 mph and injure thousands a year, they're less regulated than baby strollers and car seats. A bill sponsored by Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., would give oversight of thrill rides to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The measure is scheduled for consideration by a House committee this week. Similar measures sponsored by Markey have idled in Congress for eight years, and Markey called the lack over oversight "a historical disgrace," The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO) said.

Four people on average per year die on amusement rides in the United States, the Post said.

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions has spent $430,000 on lobbying, and retained a lobbying firm for $1.8 million, since 2001, when Markey's bill was first heard in Congress, the Post said. Individual theme parks, including Disney, Universal and Anheuser-Busch, have spent millions more on lobbying, the paper said.