,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,markey1  
and ,mr4 ,schatz7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,consumer    
,product ,safety ,act to strike         
provisions relating to the maximum civil
 penalties for violations of product    
safety standards4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,consumer
 ,advocacy and ,protection ,act of      
#bjbf4  #b4 ,amendments to the ,consumer
 ,product ,safety ,act  7a7 ,civil      
penalty cap ,section #bj7;a77#a7 of the 
,consumer ,product ,safety ,act 7#ae    
,u4,s4,c4 #bjfi7;a77#a77 is amended--   
7#a7 in the first sentence1 by striking 
#ajj1jjj and inserting #bej1jjj2  7#b7  
in the second sentence-- 7,a7 by        
striking or 7#aa7 and inserting 7#aa71  

7#ab71 7#ae71 or 7#af72 and  7,b7 by    
striking 1 except that the maximum civil
 penalty shall not exceed #ae1jjj1jjj   
for any related series of violations2   
and  7#c7 in the third sentence by      
striking 1 except that the maximum civil
 penalty shall not exceed #ae1jjj1jjj   
for any related series of violations4   
7b7 ,adjustment for inflation ,section  
#bj7;a77#c7 of the ,consumer ,product   
,safety ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4             
#bjfi7;a77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting
 the following3  7,b7 ,not later than   
one year after the date of enactment of 
this subparagraph1 and not later than   
,january #ae of every year thereafter1  
the ,commission shall-- 7i7 in          
accordance with subparagraph 7,c71      
determine the inflation adjusted maximum
 civil penalty for an individual        
violation2 and  7ii7 publish each such  
inflation adjusted maximum civil penalty
 for an individual violation in the     
,federal ,register4  2  7#b7 by striking

 subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the    
following3  7,c77i7 ,the ,commission    
shall adjust civil penalties in         
accordance with this subparagraph and   
shall make such adjustment              
notwithstanding section #eec of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7ii7 ,the   
inflation adjusted maximum civil penalty
 for the purposes of subparagraph 7,b7  
shall be determined by increasing the   
prior year maximum civil monetary       
penalty by the cost-of-living           
adjustment4 ,any increase determined    
under this subparagraph shall be rounded
 to the nearest multiple of #a4  7iii7  
,for purposes of this subparagraph--    
7,i7 the term cost-of-living adjustment 
means the percentage 7if any7 by which--
 7aa7 the ,consumer ,price ,index for   
the month of ,october preceding the date
 of the adjustment2 exceeds  7bb7 the   
,consumer ,price ,index for the month of
 ,october #a one year before the month  
of ,october referred to in item 7aa72   
and  7,,ii7 the term ,consumer ,price   

,index means the ,consumer ,price ,index
 for all-urban consumers published by   
the ,department of ,labor4  7iv7 ,if the
 civil penalty subject to a             
cost-of-living adjustment is1 during the
 #ab months preceding a required        
cost-of-living adjustment1 increased by 
law by an amount greater than the amount
 of the adjustment required under       
subparagraph 7,b71 the ,commission is   
not required to make the cost-of-living 
adjustment otherwise required for that  
year4  2 and  7#c7 by striking          
subparagraph 7,d74  7c7 ,technical      
amendment ,section #bj7;c7 of the       
,consumer ,product ,safety ,act 7#ae    
,u4,s4,c4 #bjfi7;c77 is amended1 in the 
second sentence1 by striking including1 
the and inserting including the4  7d7   
,technical amendment ,section #bj7;d7 of
 the ,consumer ,product ,safety ,act    
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bjfi7;d77 is amended1 in
 the first sentence1 by striking man and
 inserting person4