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Calendar No. 642 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4884 

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to study the effect 

of the COVID–19 pandemic on injuries and deaths associated with consumer products, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 10, 2020 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

DECEMBER 15, 2020 

Reported by Mr. WICKER, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 

study the effect of the COVID–19 pandemic on injuries 

and deaths associated with consumer products, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Home 

3 Safety Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT. 

5 (a) COVID–19 REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

6 3 months after the date of the enactment of this section 

7 and every 3 months thereafter for the duration of the 

8 COVID–19 public health emergency, the Consumer Prod9 uct Safety Commission shall submit to the Committee on 

10 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor12 tation of the Senate, and make publicly available, a report 

13 on the effect of the COVID–19 public health emergency 

14 on injuries and deaths from consumer products. 

15 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall include 

16 the following: 

17 (1) A list of the top consumer products, 

18 prioritizing products that caused serious injury or 

19 death as well as products that have been associated 

20 with the highest risk of serious injury or death dur21 ing the COVID–19 emergency. The list under this 

22 paragraph should be based on relevant data and sta23 tistics from— 

24 (A) the data sources of the Commission; 

25 (B) other appropriate agencies; 

26 (C) media reports; 


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1 (D) poison control centers, to the extent 

2 practical; and 

3 (E) any other relevant data sources. 

4 (2) An identification of trends in injuries and 

5 deaths in the consumer products listed under para6 graph (1), comparing data from representative time 

7 periods before and during the COVID–19 public 

8 health emergency. 

9 (3) An identification of subpopulations that 

10 have experienced elevated risk of injury or death 

11 from the consumer products listed under paragraph 

12 (1) during the COVID–19 public health emergency, 

13 such as minorities, infants, people with disabilities, 

14 children, or the elderly. 

15 (4) An identification of where most injuries or 

16 deaths from consumer products during the COVID– 

17 19 public health emergency are taking place, such as 

18 the type of building or outdoor environment. 

19 (5) An identification of whether any specific 

20 consumer products in the categories described in 

21 paragraph (1) are— 

22 (A) under recall or other corrective action; 

23 (B) subject to a voluntary consumer prod24 uct safety standard; or 


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1 (C) subject to a mandatory consumer prod2 uct safety standard. 

3 (6) An identification of any emerging consumer 

4 products or consumer product categories that are 

5 posing new risks to consumers. 

6 (7) A comprehensive assessment of the Com7 mission’s operations, re-entry criteria and associated 

8 metrics, operational readiness, enforcement efforts 

9 (including import-export surveillance of counterfeit 

10 and untested consumer goods and laboratory func11 tions), and corrective action taken (including the 

12 number of corrective actions announced and recall 

13 effectiveness) during the COVID–19 public health 

14 emergency and a determination of whether addi15 tional resources, personnel, or protocols are required 

16 to fulfill the Commission’s current authorities to ad17 dress unforeseen effects of the COVID–19 public 

18 health emergency and recommendations to improve 

19 the Commission’s ability to address unforeseen effects 

20 of the COVID-19 public health emergency with regard 

21 to consumer product safety. 

22 (c) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION.—The Con23 sumer Product Safety Commission shall coordinate with 

24 public media outlets to distribute resource information 

25 based on the report under this section to help increase 


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1 home safety during the COVID–19 public health emer2 gency, including information such as Home Safe Check3 lists. 

4 (d) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DE5 FINED.—The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’ 

6 means a public health emergency declared pursuant to sec7 tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 247d) as a result of confirmed cases of 2019 novel 

9 coronavirus (COVID–19), including any renewal thereof. 


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Calendar No. 642 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4884 

A BILL 

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commissumer products, and for other purposes. demic on injuries and deaths associated with con- sion to study the effect of the COVID–19 panDECEMBER 15, 2020 

Reported with amendments 


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