,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bje #aagth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #aaf     
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,january #bh1 #bjba,ms4       
,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,moran1   
,mr4 ,wicker1 and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,december #ag1         
#bjba,reported by ,ms4 ,cantwell1 with  
an amendment,insert the part printed in 
italic  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the      
,consumer ,product ,safety ,commission  
to study the effect of the ,,covid-#ai  
pandemic on injuries and deaths         
associated with consumer products1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,,covid-#ai ,home ,safety ,act of #bjba4
  #b4 ,report  7a7 ,,covid-#ai report   
required ,not later than #c months after
 the date of the enactment of this      
section and every #c months thereafter  
for the duration of the ,,covid-#ai     

public health emergency1 the ,consumer  
,product ,safety ,commission shall      
submit to the ,committee on ,energy and 
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate1 and make publicly      
available1 a report on the effect of the
 ,,covid-#ai public health emergency on 
injuries and deaths from consumer       
products4  7b7 ,contents of report ,the 
report shall include the following3 7#a7
 ,a list of the top consumer products1  
prioritizing products that caused       
serious injury or death as well as      
products that have been associated with 
the highest risk of serious injury or   
death during the ,,covid-#ai emergency4 
,the list under this paragraph should be
 based on relevant data and statistics  
from-- 7,a7 the data sources of the     
,commission2  7,b7 other appropriate    
agencies2  7,c7 media reports2  7,d7    
poison control centers1 to the extent   
practical2 and  7,e7 any other relevant 

data sources4  7#b7 ,an identification  
of trends in injuries and deaths in the 
consumer products listed under paragraph
 7#a71 comparing data from              
representative time periods before and  
during the ,,covid-#ai public health    
emergency4  7#c7 ,an identification of  
subpopulations that have experienced    
elevated risk of injury or death from   
the consumer products listed under      
paragraph 7#a7 during the ,,covid-#ai   
public health emergency1 such as        
minorities1 infants1 people with        
disabilities1 children1 or the elderly4 
7#d7 ,an identification of where most   
injuries or deaths from consumer        
products during the ,,covid-#ai public  
health emergency are taking place1 such 
as the type of building or outdoor      
environment4  7#e7 ,an identification of
 whether any specific consumer products 
in the categories described in paragraph
 7#a7 are-- 7,a7 under recall or other  
corrective action2  7,b7 subject to a   
voluntary consumer product safety       

standard2 or  7,c7 subject to a         
mandatory consumer product safety       
standard4  7#f7 ,an identification of   
any emerging consumer products or       
consumer product categories that are    
posing new risks to consumers4  7#g7 ,a 
comprehensive assessment of the         
,commission's operations1 re-entry      
criteria and associated metrics1        
operational readiness1 enforcement      
efforts 7including import-export        
surveillance of counterfeit and untested
 consumer goods and laboratory          
functions71 and corrective action taken 
7including the number of corrective     
actions announced and recall            
effectiveness7 during the ,,covid-#ai   
public health emergency and             
recommendations to improve the          
,commission's ability to address        
unforeseen effects of the ,,covid-#ai   
public health emergency with regard to  
consumer product safety4  7c7           
,distribution of information ,the       
,consumer ,product ,safety ,commission  

shall coordinate with public media      
outlets to distribute resource          
information based on the report under   
this section to help increase home      
safety during the ,,covid-#ai public    
health emergency1 including information 
such as ,home ,safe ,checklists4  7d7   
,,covid-#ai public health emergency     
defined ,the term ,,covid-#ai public    
health emergency means a public health  
emergency declared pursuant to section  
#cai of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 as a result 
of confirmed cases of #bjai novel       
coronavirus 7,,covid-#ai71 including any
 renewal thereof4  ,december #ag1       
#bjba,reported with an amendment