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erty rights infringements and consumer 
product safety violations; 
‘‘(iii) 
prioritize 
shipments 
coming 
from the People’s Republic of China; and 
‘‘(iv) use the Participating Govern-
ment Agencies Message Set, or any suc-
cessor program, and additional consumer 
product specific data elements, including 
certificates of compliance and any other 
data that the Commission needs, to help 
risk assess and target violative consumer 
products; and 
‘‘(B) building and improving information 
technology systems to support electronic access 
to and connection with the data and targeting 
systems associated with express consignment 
carrier facilities, international mail facilities, 
electronic commerce platforms, and other appli-
cable system participants. 
‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTIFICATES OF 
COMPLIANCE.—Beginning not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Inspection Enhancement Act, certificates 
of compliance shall be filed electronically for con-
sumer products intended for entry into the United 
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States to enhance risk assessment and target de 
minimis shipments containing violative consumer 
products. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘de minimis shipments’ 
means articles containing consumer products 
entering the United States under the de mini-
mis 
value 
exemption 
in 
U.S.C. 
1321(a)(2)(C); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘express consignment carrier 
facility’ means a separate or shared specialized 
facility approved by the port director solely for 
the examination and release of express consign-
ment shipments; 
‘‘(C) the term ‘ports of entry for de mini-
mis shipments’ means environments where de 
minimis shipments are processed, including ex-
press consignment carrier facilities, inter-
national mail facilities, and air cargo facilities; 
‘‘(D) the term ‘violative consumer prod-
ucts’ means consumer products in violation of 
an applicable consumer product safety rule 
under this Act or any similar rule, regulation, 
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standard, or ban under any other Act enforced 
by the Commission.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CPSC SURVEILLANCE PERSONNEL AT 
KEY PORTS OF ENTRY FOR DE MINIMIS SHIP-
MENTS. 
The Commission shall hire, train, and assign not 
fewer than 16 full-time equivalent personnel during each 
fiscal year and to be stationed at or supporting efforts 
at ports of entry, including ports of entry for de minimis 
shipments, for the purpose of identifying, assessing, and 
addressing shipments of violative consumer products. 
Such hiring shall continue during each fiscal year until 
the total number of full-time equivalent personnel equals 
and sustains the staffing requirements identified in the re-
port to Congress required under section 4. 
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
transmit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 
make publicly available, a study and report assessing the 
risk to consumers associated with the targeting and 
screening of de minimis e-commerce shipments. 
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(b) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—In the study and re-
port, the Commission shall— 
(1) examine a sampling of de minimis ship-
ments at a sufficient and representative sample of 
all types of ports of entry where de minimis ship-
ments are processed, including express consignment 
carrier facilities, international mail facilities, and air 
cargo facilities to assess the extent to which such 
shipments include violative consumer products; 
(2) examine a sampling of shipments coming 
from the People’s Republic of China to identify 
trends associated with the shipment of products con-
taining both intellectual property rights infringe-
ments and consumer product safety violations; 
(3) detail plans and timelines to effectively ad-
dress targeting and screening of de minimis ship-
ments to prevent the entry of violative consumer 
products entering into the commerce of the United 
States taking into consideration projected growth in 
e-commerce; 
(4) establish metrics by which to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the Commission efforts to reduce the 
number of de minimis shipments containing violative 
consumer products from entering into the commerce 
of the United States; and 
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(5) assess projected technology and resources, 
including staffing requirements necessary to imple-
ment such plans. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission; 
(2) the term ‘‘de minimis shipments’’ means ar-
ticles containing consumer products entering the 
United States under the de minimis value exemption 
in 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C); 
(3) the term ‘‘ports of entry for de minimis 
shipments’’ means environments where de minimis 
shipments are processed, including express consign-
ment carrier facilities, international mail facilities, 
and air cargo facilities; 
(4) the term ‘‘violative consumer products’’ 
means consumer products in violation of an applica-
ble consumer product safety rule under the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act or any similar rule, regu-
lation, standard, or ban under any other Act en-
forced by the Commission; 
(5) the term ‘‘electronic commerce platform’’ or 
‘‘e-commerce platform’’ means any electronically 
accessed platform that includes publicly interactive 
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features that allow for arranging the sale, purchase, 
payment, or shipping of goods, or that enables a 
person other than an operator of such platform to 
sell or offer to sell physical goods to consumers lo-
cated in the United States; and 
(6) the term ‘‘express consignment carrier facil-
ity’’ means a separate or shared specialized facility 
approved by the port director solely for the examina-
tion and release of express consignment shipments. 
SEC. 6. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, affect, 
or conflict with any other authority of the Commission or 
any other statutory requirements governing the Commis-
sion. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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