---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2057e"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2057e"
heading: "Banning of crib bumpers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2057e"
units:
  - "Chapter 47 — Consumer Product Safety"
---

# §2057e. Banning of crib bumpers

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 180 days after May 16, 2022, crib bumpers, regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product under [section 2057 of this title](/usc/15/2057.md).
- (b) **Crib bumper defined—** In this section, the term “crib bumper”—
  - (1) means any material that is intended to cover the sides of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occupant from impacts against the side of a crib or to prevent partial or complete access to any openings in the sides of a crib to prevent a crib occupant from getting any part of the body entrapped in any opening;
  - (2) includes a padded crib bumper, a supported and unsupported vinyl bumper guard, and vertical crib slat covers; and
  - (3) does not include a non-padded mesh crib liner.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–126, § 3, May 16, 2022, 136 Stat. 1208.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021, and not as part of the Consumer Product Safety Act which comprises this chapter.