G/TBT/N/USA/2091  
17 January 2024  
(24-0374) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [2122]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indica ted if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Infant 
support cushions; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); 
Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS code(s): 19.020); Equipment for children 
(ICS code(s): 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety Standard 
for Infant Support Cushions; (25 page(s), i n English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Danny Keysar Child 
Product Safety Notification Act, section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement 
Act of 2008 ( CPSIA ), requires the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(Commission or CPSC) to promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable 
infant or toddler produc ts. Under this statutory direction, the Commission is proposing a 
safety standard for infant support cushions. The Commission is also proposing to amend 
CPSC's consumer registration requirements to identify infant support cushions as durable 
infant or todd ler products and proposing to amend CPSC's list of notices of requirements 
(NORs) to include infant support cushions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of dece ptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/USA/2091  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 2530, 16 January 2024; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR)  Parts 1112, 1130, and 1243:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-16/html/2023 -27324.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-16/pdf/2023 -27324.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2023-0047. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regu lations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2023-0047/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comment s received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 18 March 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with CPSC and will also 
be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  18 March 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_00534_00_e.pdf