IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1505 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2022 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DUNN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mrs. LESKO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. 
CA´RDENAS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission. 
Whereas, on October 2, 1972, Congress passed, and Presi-
dent Richard Milhous Nixon signed into law, the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.), 
which established the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Commission’’) 
to protect consumers from unsafe products; 
Whereas, for 50 years, the Commission has acted to fulfill 
the purposes of the Consumer Product Safety Act, which 
include— 
(1) protecting the public against unreasonable risks 
of injury associated with consumer products, substantial 
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product hazards, imminently hazardous consumer prod-
ucts, and products in violation of consumer product safe-
ty rules; 
(2) assisting consumers in evaluating the compara-
tive safety of consumer products; 
(3) developing uniform safety standards for con-
sumer products and minimizing conflicting State and 
local regulations; and 
(4) promoting research and investigation into the 
causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, 
and injuries; 
Whereas, in addition to the responsibilities of the Commission 
under the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Commission 
enforces numerous other statutes, including— 
(1) the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 
U.S.C. 1261 et seq.); 
(2) the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et 
seq.); 
(3) the Refrigerator Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 1211– 
1214); 
(4) the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 
(15 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.); and 
(5) the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.); 
Whereas millions of serious and fatal injuries have been pre-
vented, saving the lives of consumers, thanks to the work 
of the Commission— 
(1) developing safety standards; 
(2) working with voluntary standards organizations 
to bring industry groups, manufacturers, and consumer 
groups together to establish voluntary standards; 
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(3) removing unreasonably dangerous products from 
the marketplace; and 
(4) holding companies accountable when they fail to 
meet consumer product protection standards and laws; 
Whereas the many successes of the Commission in protecting 
consumers of the United States include— 
(1) with respect to refrigerators, that— 
(A) 96 children died due to being trapped and 
suffocating in refrigerators between 1973 and 1984; 
and 
(B) only 2 children reportedly died under simi-
lar circumstances in the 25 years preceding the date 
of adoption of this resolution; 
(2) with respect to garage doors, that— 
(A) after the deaths of 46 children involving ga-
rage doors during the period of 1982 to 1990, in 
1992 the Commission introduced a safety standard; 
and 
(B) there have been only 2 child deaths involv-
ing garage doors in the decade preceding the date of 
adoption of this resolution; 
(3) with respect to fires, that between 1980 and 
2018 there was a 43 percent decrease in residential fires, 
a 47 percent decrease in fire deaths, and a 41 percent 
decrease in fire injuries; 
(4) with respect to child poisonings, that between 
1972 and 2020 there was an 80 percent decline in pedi-
atric poisonings for children under the age of 5; 
(5) with respect to bicycles, that— 
(A) the bicycle safety standards developed by 
the Commission became effective in 1975; and 
(B) between 1973 and 2020, bicycle injuries in 
the United States declined 35 percent; and 
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(6) with respect to pools, that between 1975 and 
2019, injuries associated with in-ground swimming pools 
and equipment declined 55 percent; and 
Whereas the Commission works to meet the ongoing chal-
lenges of consumer product safety: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 50th anniversary of the adop-
tion of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2051 et seq.), which created the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission (referred to in this resolution as 
the ‘‘Commission’’); 
(2) expresses appreciation for the actions of the 
Commission taken to protect the people of the 
United States from dangerous consumer products; 
(3) acknowledges that while the Commission 
has made great strides in consumer product safety, 
the risk of injury or death from consumer products, 
both new and old, remains; and 
(4) commits to working with the Commission in 
furtherance of making consumer products as safe as 
possible. 
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