I 
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 estab-
lish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intel-
ligence in support of the consumer product safety mission 
of the Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AI for Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE BY CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall establish a pilot program to explore the use of artifi-
cial intelligence by the Commission in support of the con-
sumer product safety mission of the Commission. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the pilot pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Commission 
shall do the following: 
(1) Use artificial intelligence for at least one of 
the following purposes: 
(A) Tracking trends with respect to inju-
ries involving consumer products. 
(B) Identifying consumer product hazards. 
(C) Monitoring the retail marketplace (in-
cluding internet websites) for the sale of re-
called consumer products (including both new 
and used products). 
(D) Identifying consumer products re-
quired by section 17(a) of the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2066(a)) to be re-
fused admission into the customs territory of 
the United States. 
(2) Consult with the following: 
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(A) Technologists, data scientists, and ex-
perts in artificial intelligence and machine 
learning. 
(B) Cybersecurity experts. 
(C) Members of the retail industry. 
(D) Consumer product manufacturers. 
(E) Consumer product safety organiza-
tions. 
(F) Any other person the Commission con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the conclusion of the pilot program established under 
subsection (a), the Commission shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, and make publicly 
available on the website of the Commission, a report on 
the findings and data derived from such program, includ-
ing whether and the extent to which the use of artificial 
intelligence improved the ability of the Commission to ad-
vance the consumer product safety mission of the Commis-
sion. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
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(2) CONSUMER
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘con-
sumer product’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2052(a)). 
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