I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1721 
To increase the safety of swimming pools and spas by requiring the use 
of proper anti-entrapment drain covers and pool and spa drainage sys-
tems, by establishing a swimming pool safety grant program administered 
by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to encourage States to 
improve their pool and spa safety laws and to educate the public about 
pool and spa safety, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2007 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. BEAN, Mr. KLEIN of 
Florida, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. KLINE 
of Minnesota, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Mr. CANNON) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To increase the safety of swimming pools and spas by requir-
ing the use of proper anti-entrapment drain covers and 
pool and spa drainage systems, by establishing a swim-
ming pool safety grant program administered by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to encourage 
States to improve their pool and spa safety laws and 
to educate the public about pool and spa safety, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Pool and Spa Safety Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Federal swimming pool and spa drain cover standard. 
Sec. 4. State swimming pool safety grant program. 
Sec. 5. Minimum State law requirements. 
Sec. 6. Education program. 
Sec. 7. Definitions. 
Sec. 8. CPSC report. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) of injury-related deaths, drowning is the 
second leading cause of death in children aged 1 to 
14 in the United States; 
(2) many children die due to pool and spa 
drowning and entrapment, such as Virginia Graeme 
Baker, who at age 7 drowned by entrapment in a 
residential spa, and Preston de Ibern, who at age 5 
nearly drowned and was left permanently brain dam-
aged, 
finally 
succumbing 
to 
his 
catastrophic 
healthcare issues when he was 12 years old; 
(3) in 2003, 782 children ages 14 and under 
died as a result of unintentional drowning; 
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(4) adult supervision at all aquatic venues is a 
critical safety factor in preventing children from 
drowning; and 
(5) research studies show that the installation 
and proper use of barriers or fencing, as well as ad-
ditional layers of protection, could substantially re-
duce the number of childhood residential swimming 
pool drownings and near drownings. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA DRAIN COVER 
STANDARD. 
(a) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY RULE.—The pro-
visions of subsection (b) shall be considered to be a con-
sumer product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(b) DRAIN COVER STANDARD.—Effective 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, each swimming 
pool or spa drain cover manufactured, distributed, or en-
tered into commerce in the United States shall conform 
to the entrapment protection standards of the ASME/ 
ANSI A112.19.8 performance standard, or any successor 
standard regulating the same. 
SEC. 4. STATE SWIMMING POOL SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations authorized by subsection (e), the Commission 
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