Hmmmm.... I don't have any brakes with quick release mechanisms that would reset "automatically"..... and they were never "outlawed" as far as I know.
I think the CPSC was very inconsistent with their rulings on specific manufacturer's products. Just like the "Coke spoon" ends on Campy brakeset quick release levers and the RD adjustment screw plastic horns they had them put on their NR RDs in the 80's. Mafac/Spidel seemed to have dodged that bullet with their LS2 sidepull brakesets, even though they were sold in the US market about the same time the "safety modified" Campy brakesets were.....