Title: Consumer Safety Technology Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
AI for Consumer Product Safety Act  This bill establishes a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence to support the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Specifically, the CPSC must consult with relevant stakeholders, such as data scientists and product manufacturers, and use artificial intelligence for a least one of the following processes: (1) tracking trends in injuries involving consumer products, (2) identifying consumer product hazards, (3) monitoring the sale of recalled consumer products, or (4) identifying consumer products that do not meet specified importation requirements related to product safety.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8128 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``AI for Consumer Product Safety 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 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 artificial intelligence by the Commission in 
support of the consumer product safety mission of the Commission.
    (b) Requirements.--In conducting the pilot program 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 injuries 
                involving consumer products.
                    (B) Identifying consumer product hazards.
                    (C) Monitoring the retail marketplace (including 
                internet websites) for the sale of recalled consumer 
                products (including both new and used products).
                    (D) Identifying consumer products required by 
                section 17(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
                U.S.C. 2066(a)) to be refused admission into the 
                customs territory of the United States.
            (2) Consult with the following:
                    (A) Technologists, data scientists, and experts in 
                artificial intelligence and machine learning.
                    (B) Cybersecurity experts.
                    (C) Members of the retail industry.
                    (D) Consumer product manufacturers.
                    (E) Consumer product safety organizations.
                    (F) Any other person the Commission considers 
                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 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives 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, including whether and the extent to which the use of 
artificial intelligence improved the ability of the Commission to 
advance the consumer product safety mission of the Commission.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Consumer 
        Product Safety Commission.
            (2) Consumer product.--The term ``consumer 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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