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.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Dec 20, 2013)
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.
What just happenedDec 20, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateDec 20, 2013
- Dec 20, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Dec 20, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate