,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahhg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #bj1 
#bjac,mrs4 ,mc,caskill introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 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 products1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,authorization for 
foreign governments to share information
 obtained from the consumer product     
safety commission ,section #bi7;f7 of   
the ,consumer ,product ,safety ,act 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bjgh7;f77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating paragraphs 7#b7 through
 7#e7 as paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#f71  
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
paragraph 7#a7 the following3  7#b7     
,additional provisions for foreign      
government agencies  7,a7 ,in general   
,the ,commission may authorize a foreign

 government agency that obtains         
information from the ,commission under  
paragraph 7#a7 to make that information 
available to another foreign government 
agency of the same foreign government1  
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        
information1 if an appropriate official 
of the foreign government agency        
disclosing the information certifies1 by
 prior agreement1 memorandum of         
understanding with the ,commission1 or  
other written certification1 that the   
foreign government agency will establish
 and apply confidentiality restrictions 
that conform with the restrictions under
 paragraph 7#a74  7,b7 ,construction    
,nothing in this paragraph shall be     
construed to prohibit a foreign         
government agency that obtains          
information from the ,commission under  
paragraph 7#a7 from disclosing that     

information to a legislative or judicial
 authority with jurisdiction over that  
foreign government agency4  2 and  7#c7 
by amending paragraph 7#d71 as          
redesignated1 by striking paragraph 7#d7
 and inserting paragraph 7#e74