HR4814-118

Reported

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the mission of the Commission and to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on the use of blockchain technology and digital tokens, respectively.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 20, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the mission of the Commission and to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on the use of blockchain technology and digital tokens, respectively., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Technology, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H798DC06BABA64496B544FDB30B1EA930: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Consumer Safety Technology Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H2AE20DC01B4E4E07BC7CE16A66DD41DB: 2. Definitions In this Act— the term consumer product has the meaning given such term in section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a));...
  • Section H089824A5FFF24164A9416693105AE6FD: 101. Short title This title may be cited as the AI for Consumer Product Safety Act.
  • Section H1BD1D0D7F3324238B7E323185590FB82: 102. Pilot program for use of artificial intelligence by Consumer Product Safety Commission Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,...
  • Section HE2248CD5375E4420A1AED0769B007D71: 201. Short title This title may be cited as the Blockchain Innovation Act.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the mission of the Commission and to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on the use of blockchain technology and digital tokens, respectively., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Technology, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the mission of the Commission and to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on the use of blockchain technology and digital tokens, respectively., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Technology Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
May 15, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …

May 10, 2024

Additional sponsor: Ms. Castor of Florida

May 10, 2024

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole …

Jul 20, 2023

Mr. Soto (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Trahan, and Mr. …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
3 mentions across 3 clauses
-3 negative

Consumer Product Safety Commission, Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission

Technology
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

AI and machine learning technology providers, Blockchain technology companies

Financial Services
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Cryptocurrency and token issuers

9/9
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade Technology Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Secretary" §H2AE20DC01B4E4E07BC7CE16A66DD41DB

the Secretary of Commerce

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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