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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8128 

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot 

program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the 

consumer product safety mission of the Commission. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 28, 2020 

Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and Mr. BURGESS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the consumer product safety mission 

of the Commission. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AI for Consumer Prod5 uct Safety Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL2 LIGENCE BY CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

3 COMMISSION. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 

6 shall establish a pilot program to explore the use of artifi7 cial intelligence by the Commission in support of the con8 sumer product safety mission of the Commission. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the pilot pro10 gram established under subsection (a), the Commission 

11 shall do the following: 

12 (1) Use artificial intelligence for at least one of 

13 the following purposes: 

14 (A) Tracking trends with respect to inju15 ries involving consumer products. 

16 (B) Identifying consumer product hazards. 

17 (C) Monitoring the retail marketplace (in18 cluding internet websites) for the sale of re19 called consumer products (including both new 

20 and used products). 

21 (D) Identifying consumer products re22 quired by section 17(a) of the Consumer Prod23 uct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2066(a)) to be re24 fused admission into the customs territory of 

25 the United States. 

26 (2) Consult with the following: 


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1 (A) Technologists, data scientists, and ex2 perts in artificial intelligence and machine 

3 learning. 

4 (B) Cybersecurity experts. 

5 (C) Members of the retail industry. 

6 (D) Consumer product manufacturers. 

7 (E) Consumer product safety organiza8 tions. 

9 (F) Any other person the Commission con10 siders appropriate. 

11 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the conclusion of the pilot program established under 

13 subsection (a), the Commission shall submit to the Com14 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

16 and Transportation of the Senate, and make publicly 

17 available on the website of the Commission, a report on 

18 the findings and data derived from such program, includ19 ing whether and the extent to which the use of artificial 

20 intelligence improved the ability of the Commission to ad21 vance the consumer product safety mission of the Commis22 sion. 

23 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

25 means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 


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1 (2) CONSUMER PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘con2 sumer product’’ has the meaning given such term in 

3 section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

4 (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)). 

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