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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.

S. 1887 · 113th Congress · Dec 20, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Authorization for foreign governments to share information obtained from the consumer product safety commission

Section 29(f) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2078(f)) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively;
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

“(2) Additional provisions for foreign government agencies

“(A) In general—The Commission may authorize a foreign government agency that obtains information from the Commission under paragraph (1) to make that information available to another foreign government 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 foreign government 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 Commission, or other written certification, that the foreign government agency will establish and apply confidentiality restrictions that conform with the restrictions under paragraph (1).

“(B) Construction—Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a foreign government agency that obtains information from the Commission under paragraph (1) from disclosing that information to a legislative or judicial authority with jurisdiction over that foreign government agency.”

(3)
by amending paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking “paragraph (4)” and inserting “paragraph (5)”.