Consumer Safety Technology Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Consumer Safety Technology Act combines three technology-focused consumer-protection measures. Title I requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish an artificial-intelligence pilot within one year to support its Consumer Product Safety Act mission. The pilot may use AI to track injury trends involving consumer products, identify product hazards, monitor online and retail marketplaces for recalled products, and identify imported products that should be refused admission under section 17(a). CPSC must consult technologists, data scientists, AI and machine-learning experts, cybersecurity experts, retailers, consumer product manufacturers, consumer product safety organizations, and others, then report the pilot findings and whether AI improved the Commission's mission. Title II requires the Commerce Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission and other agencies, to study blockchain uses for preventing or mitigating consumer fraud and unfair or deceptive practices, seek public comment, and publish a report within six months after the study. Title III states congressional findings on tokens and FTC enforcement, then requires an FTC report on token-related unfair or deceptive practices and recommendations for better consumer protection in the token marketplace.
Who Benefits and How
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC investigators, consumers, parents buying children's products, product-safety organizations, artificial-intelligence vendors, data scientists, cybersecurity specialists, the Department of Commerce, the Federal Trade Commission, blockchain developers, anti-fraud technology firms, token investors, token users, and congressional commerce committees benefit from structured pilots and reports that test whether AI and blockchain tools can detect hazards, recalled products, fraudulent transactions, and deceptive token-market practices.
Who Bears the Burden and How
CPSC program staff, Commerce Department study staff, FTC consumer-protection staff, retailers, consumer product manufacturers, blockchain companies, cryptocurrency platforms, token marketplaces, cybersecurity experts, AI researchers, public-comment administrators, and congressional report reviewers must design pilots, provide technical consultation, compile study evidence, respond to public comment, publish reports, and face more visible federal scrutiny of consumer-safety and token-market risks.
Key Provisions
- Requires CPSC to establish an AI pilot program within one year for product-safety work.
- Authorizes AI uses for injury-trend tracking, hazard identification, recalled-product monitoring, and import-screening support.
- Requires CPSC consultation with technologists, data scientists, cybersecurity experts, retailers, manufacturers, and product-safety organizations.
- Requires Commerce, with FTC consultation, to study blockchain uses for preventing fraud and unfair or deceptive practices.
- Requires public comment and public Commerce reporting on blockchain consumer-protection uses.
- Requires FTC reporting and legislative recommendations on token-related unfair or deceptive practices.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a CPSC artificial-intelligence pilot for consumer-product-safety work, requires Commerce and FTC study and public reporting on blockchain tools for consumer protection, and requires FTC reporting and recommendations on token-related unfair or deceptive practices.
Key Policy Areas
Consumer Protection, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Assets
Primary Purpose
Creates a CPSC artificial-intelligence pilot for consumer-product-safety work, requires Commerce and FTC study and public reporting on blockchain tools for consumer protection, and requires FTC reporting and recommendations on token-related unfair or deceptive practices.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- CPSC investigators
- Consumers
- Product-safety organizations
- Artificial-intelligence vendors
- Data scientists
- Department of Commerce
- Federal Trade Commission
- Blockchain developers
- Token investors
- Congressional commerce committees
Identified Costs
- CPSC program staff
- Commerce Department study staff
- FTC consumer-protection staff
- Retailers
- Consumer product manufacturers
- Blockchain companies
- Cryptocurrency platforms
- Token marketplaces
- Public-comment administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3212-3214)
Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3231)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional commerce committees, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Department of Commerce
Positive-direction: Congressional commerce committees
Negative-direction: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission, Public-comment administrators
Anti-fraud technology firms, Artificial-intelligence vendors, Blockchain developers
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Consumer Safety Technology Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "ftc"
- → Federal Trade Commission
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "commission"
- → Consumer Product Safety Commission
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Has the Consumer Product Safety Act section 3(a) meaning.
A transferable digital representation of information recorded on a blockchain or distributed ledger.
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