S3467-119

In Committee

Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act

119th Congress Introduced Dec 11, 2025

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 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:

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 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

Healthcare Government Operations

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
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission officials administering the reauthorized programs
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 11, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …

Dec 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Dec 11, 2025

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.

Government
7 mentions across 5 clauses
+3 positive -4 negative

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

General Public
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

People receiving drowning and entrapment prevention education for pools and spas

7/8
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

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Domains
Healthcare Government Operations

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