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national mail facilities, and air cargo facilities 
to assess the extent to which such shipments in-
clude violative consumer products; 
(C) examine a sampling of shipments com-
ing from countries identified as high-risk for ex-
porting violative consumer products to identify 
trends associated with the shipment of products 
containing both intellectual property rights in-
fringements and consumer product safety viola-
tions; 
(D) detail plans and timelines to effectively 
address targeting and screening of de minimis 
shipments to prevent the entry of violative con-
sumer products entering into the commerce of the 
United States taking into consideration projected 
growth in e-commerce; 
(E) establish metrics by which to evaluate 
the effectiveness of the Commission efforts to re-
duce the number of de minimis shipments con-
taining violative consumer products from enter-
ing into the commerce of the United States; and 
(F) assess projected technology and re-
sources, including staffing requirements nec-
essary to implement such plans based on avail-
able and needed Commission resources. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Consumer 
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 ship-
ments’’ means environments where de minimis ship-
ments are processed, including express consignment 
carrier facilities, international mail facilities, and 
air cargo facilities; and 
(4) the term ‘‘violative consumer products’’ 
means consumer products in violation of an applica-
ble consumer product safety rule under the Consumer 
Product Safety Act or any similar rule, regulation, 
standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the 
Commission. 
(e) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit, affect, or conflict with any other author-
ity of the Commission or any other statutory requirements 
governing the Commission. 
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TITLE 
XXI—COVID–19 
REGU-
LATORY RELIEF AND WORK 
FROM HOME SAFETY ACT 
SEC. 2101. COVID–19 REGULATORY RELIEF AND WORK FROM 
HOME SAFETY ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘COVID–19 Regulatory Relief and Work From Home Safe-
ty Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘bedding product’’ means— 
(A) an item that is used for sleeping or 
sleep-related purposes; or 
(B) any component or accessory with re-
spect to an item described in subparagraph (A), 
without regard to whether the component or ac-
cessory, as applicable, is used— 
(i) alone; or 
(ii) along with, or contained within, 
that item; 
(2) the term ‘‘California standard’’ means the 
standard set forth by the Bureau of Electronic and 
Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal 
Insulation of the Department of Consumer Affairs of 
the State of California in Technical Bulletin 117– 
2013, entitled ‘‘Requirements, Test Procedure and Ap-
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paratus for Testing the Smolder Resistance of Mate-
rials Used in Upholstered Furniture’’, originally pub-
lished June 2013, as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act; 
(3) the terms ‘‘foundation’’ and ‘‘mattress’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 1633.2 of 
title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(4) the term ‘‘upholstered furniture’’— 
(A) means an article of seating furniture 
that— 
(i) is intended for indoor use; 
(ii) is movable or stationary; 
(iii) is constructed with an upholstered 
seat, back, or arm; 
(iv) is— 
(I) made or sold with a cushion 
or pillow, without regard to whether 
that cushion or pillow, as applicable, 
is attached or detached with respect to 
the article of furniture; or 
(II) stuffed or filled, or able to be 
stuffed or filled, in whole or in part, 
with any material, including a sub-
stance or material that is hidden or 
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concealed by fabric or another cov-
ering, including a cushion or pillow 
belonging to, or forming a part of, the 
article of furniture; and 
(v) together with the structural units of 
the article of furniture, any filling material, 
and the container and covering with respect 
to those structural units and that filling 
material, can be used as a support for the 
body of an individual, or the limbs and feet 
of an individual, when the individual sits 
in an upright or reclining position; 
(B) includes an article of furniture that is 
intended for use by a child; and 
(C) does not include— 
(i) a mattress; 
(ii) a foundation; 
(iii) any bedding product; or 
(iv) furniture that is used exclusively 
for the purpose of physical fitness and exer-
cise. 
(c) ADOPTION OF STANDARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
except as provided in paragraph (2), the California 
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standard shall be considered to be a flammability 
standard promulgated by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission under section 4 of the Flammable 
Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1193). 
(2) TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.—A fabric, re-
lated material, or product to which the California 
standard applies as a result of paragraph (1) shall 
not be subject to section 14(a) of the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)) with respect to 
that standard. 
(3) CERTIFICATION LABEL.—Each manufacturer 
of a product that is subject to the California standard 
as a result of paragraph (1) shall include the state-
ment ‘‘Complies with U.S. CPSC requirements for 
upholstered furniture flammability’’ on a permanent 
label located on the product, which shall be considered 
to be a certification that the product complies with 
that standard. 
(d) PREEMPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 16 of 
the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1203) and sec-
tion 231 of the Consumer Product Safety Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 2051 note), and except 
as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of para-
graph (2), no State or any political subdivision of a 
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