119-s3069

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3069 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 3069

 To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect Americans from 
 harmful CCP products.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 October 29, 2025

 Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation

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 A BILL

 To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect Americans from 
 harmful CCP products.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Americans from Harmful 
CCP Products Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT.

    (a) Recall of Chinese Products.--

Section 15 of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2064) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
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    (k) Recall of Chinese Products.--
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    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection

    (f) , the 
 Commission may issue an order under subsection
            (c) or
            (d) , 
 including a mandatory recall, without the consent of the 
 manufacturer or retailer of a consumer product distributed in 
 commerce that presents a substantial product hazard if--
 ``
        (A) the manufacturer or retailer of the product 
 is located in the People's Republic of China, including 
 in any of its Special Administrative Regions such as 
 Hong Kong and Macao;
 ``
        (B) the product is offered for sale directly to 
 United States consumers, including via online 
 platforms;
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            (C) the Commission has requested information or 
 action related to the potential hazard from the 
 manufacturer or retailer and has not received a timely 
 or adequate response; and
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            (D) if the Commission determines that a product 
 distributed in commerce presents a substantial product 
 hazard.
 ``

    (2) Rebuttable presumption.--There shall be a rebuttable 
 presumption in favor of the Commission's claim that a product 
 poses a substantial product hazard under this subsection.
 ``

    (3) Notice.--The Commission shall publish notice of any 
 mandatory recall order under this subsection, not later than 30 
 days before the order shall take effect, on its website and 
 transmit such notice to all known distributors, importers, and 
 platforms offering the product for sale within the United 
 States.''.

    (b) 

=== Definition. ===
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Section 3

    (a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2052

    (a) ) is amended by striking paragraph

    (8) and inserting 
the following:
 ``

    (8) Distributor.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `distributor' means a 
 person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold 
 for purposes of distribution in commerce, except that 
 such term shall not include a manufacturer or retailer 
 of the product.
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        (B) Certain e-commerce platforms.--
 Notwithstanding any limitation described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) , an operator of an e-commerce platform 
 that is headquartered in or primarily operates from the 
 People's Republic of China, including any of its 
 Special Administrative regions such as Hong Kong and 
 Macao, and that facilitates the sale of consumer 
 products to United States consumers, shall be 
 considered a distributor under this Act.
 ``
            (C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
 paragraph shall be construed as having any bearing on 
 whether any non-Chinese persons or entities are 
 distributors for purposes of this Act.''.
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