---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8001"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "8001"
heading: "Findings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/8001"
units:
  - "Chapter 106 — Pool and Spa Safety"
---

# §8001. Findings


Congress finds the following:

- (1) Of injury-related deaths, drowning is the second leading cause of death in children aged 1 to 14 in the United States.
- (2) In 2004, 761 children aged 14 and under died as a result of unintentional drowning.
- (3) Adult supervision at all aquatic venues is a critical safety factor in preventing children from drowning.
- (4) Research studies show that the installation and proper use of [barriers](/usc/15/8002.md?p=2) or fencing, as well as additional layers of protection, could substantially reduce the number of childhood residential [swimming pool](/usc/15/8002.md?p=8) drownings and near drownings.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title XIV, § 1402, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1794.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

### Short Title

Pub. L. 110–140, title XIV, § 1401, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1794, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act’.”