A bill to clarify terms of cooperation between the Consumer Product Safety Commission and foreign government agencies in order to improve safety of imported products, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1887
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2013-12-20
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Government information and archives

Intergovernmental relations

International organizations and cooperation

Law enforcement administration and funding

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), when sharing information obtained under the federal-state cooperation program with a foreign government agency for official law enforcement or consumer protection purposes, to authorize a foreign government agency to make that information available to another agency of the same foreign government (including a political subdivision of that foreign government that is located within the same territory or administrative area as the agency disclosing the information) if an appropriate official of the foreign government agency disclosing the information certifies (by prior agreement, memorandum of understanding with the CPSC, or other written certification) that it will establish and apply specified confidentiality restrictions under the Consumer Product Safety Act.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1887 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 20, 2013 Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To clarify terms of cooperation between the Consumer Product Safety Commission and foreign government agencies in order to improve safety of imported products, and for other purposes.

1. Authorization for foreign governments to share information obtained from the consumer product safety commission Section 29(f) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2078(f) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Additional provisions for foreign government agencies (A) In general The Commission may authorize a foreign government agency that obtains information from the Commission under paragraph (1) to make that information available to another foreign government agency of the same foreign government, including a political subdivision of that foreign government that is located within the same territory or administrative area as the foreign government agency disclosing the information, if an appropriate official of the foreign government agency disclosing the information certifies, by prior agreement, memorandum of understanding with the Commission, or other written certification, that the foreign government agency will establish and apply confidentiality restrictions that conform with the restrictions under paragraph (1). (B) Construction Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a foreign government agency that obtains information from the Commission under paragraph (1) from disclosing that information to a legislative or judicial authority with jurisdiction over that foreign government agency. ; and (3) by amending paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) and inserting paragraph (5) .