• Funding: Authorize funding levels for 7 years starting at $88.5 million in 2009 and increasing at a rate of 10 percent per year through 2015. For 2009 and 2010, an additional $40 million would be authorized to upgrade CPSC’s laboratories and $1 million would be authorized to research the safety of nanotechnology in products
• Quorum: Allow a 2-member quorum to conduct official business for 9 months.  The CPSC currently is without a quorum and cannot conduct business that requires Commission action such as a mandatory recall.  Restores the Commission to five members instead of three members to prevent future absences of quorum
• Rulemaking Process: Streamline the product safety rulemaking process to be more timely by eliminating a mandatory “Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” step

• Lead: Ban lead in all children’s products
• Testing: Require third party safety certification of children’s products. Upon CPSC approval, proprietary labs will be allowed to test products if they provide equal or greater consumer protection than the manufacturer’s use of a third party lab. 
• Safety Standards: Makes mandatory current toy safety standards promulgated by ASTM International, an independent standard-setting organization, and requires that toys be certified to the standards

• Database: Establish a database to include any reports of injuries, illness, death or risk related to consumer products submitted by consumers, local, State or national government agencies, child care providers, physicians, hospitals, coroners, first responders, and the media. Allows the CPSC to expedite the disclosure of industry provided information in the interest of public health and safety.

• Civil Fines: Increase the civil fine penalty cap up to $20 million from the current  level of $1.8 million
• Criminal Penalties: Increase criminal penalties to 5 years in jail for those who knowingly and willingly violate product safety laws
• Attorneys General: Allow state Attorneys General to obtain injunctive relief on behalf of its residents to enforce product safety laws
• Whistleblower Protections: Provide whistleblower protections for employees of  manufacturers to shed light on any problems along the supply chain

• Labeling: Require manufacturers to label children’s products with tracking information useful to  consumers and retailers in identifying recalled products
• Recalled Products: Make it unlawful for retailers to sell a recalled product
• Subcontractors: Require companies to identify their subcontractors in the supply chain

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