Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill reauthorizes and updates the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant, education, and reporting framework while expanding eligible grant recipients to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations.
Who Benefits and How
States, Tribes, and nonprofit organizations could gain access to pool safety grants, and the public could benefit from more drowning- and entrapment-prevention education and oversight.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Consumer Product Safety Commission would need to administer the reauthorized grant program, run the education campaign, and report to Congress on program performance.
Key Provisions
- Expands the covered-entity definition for pool safety grants to include States, Tribes, and nonprofit organizations.
- Reauthorizes and updates the swimming pool safety grant program.
- Reauthorizes the CPSC education and awareness program on drowning and entrapment prevention.
- Requires recurring CPSC reporting on grant implementation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill reauthorizes and updates the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant, education, and reporting framework while expanding eligible grant recipients to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill reauthorizes and updates the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant, education, and reporting framework while expanding eligible grant recipients to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Covered entities eligible for pool safety grants
- The public receiving drowning and entrapment prevention education
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Consumer Product Safety Commission officials administering the reauthorized programs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Consumer Product Safety Commission officials administering the pool safety grant program, Consumer Product Safety Commission officials preparing the pool safety grant report to Congress, Covered entities eligible for swimming pool safety grants
Positive-direction: Covered entities eligible for swimming pool safety grants, States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations made eligible for pool safety assistance
Negative-direction: Consumer Product Safety Commission officials administering the pool safety grant program, Consumer Product Safety Commission officials preparing the pool safety grant report to Congress
People receiving drowning and entrapment prevention education for pools and spas
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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