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15 U.S.C. § 2076b — Inspector General audits and reports
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**(a) Improvements by the Commission** The Inspector General of the Commission shall conduct reviews and audits to assess—
(1) the Commission’s capital improvement efforts, including improvements and upgrades of the Commission’s information technology architecture and systems and the development of the database of publicly available information on incidents involving injury or death required under [section 2055a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2055a&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by section 212 of this Act; and
(2) the adequacy of procedures for accrediting conformity assessment bodies as authorized by [section 2063(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2063/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by this Act, and overseeing the third party testing required by such section.
**(b) Employee complaints** Within 1 year after August 14, 2008, the Inspector General shall conduct a review of—
(1) complaints received by the Inspector General from employees of the Commission about failures of other employees to enforce the rules or regulations of the Consumer Product Safety Act [[15 U.S.C. 2051](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2051&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or any other Act enforced by the Commission or otherwise carry out their responsibilities under such Acts if such alleged failures raise issues of conflicts of interest, ethical violations, or the absence of good faith; and
(2) actions taken by the Commission to address such failures and complaints, including an assessment of the timeliness and effectiveness of such actions.
**(c) Public Internet website links** Not later than 30 days after August 14, 2008,
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**(a) Improvements by the Commission** The Inspector General of the Commission shall conduct reviews and audits to assess—
(1) the Commission’s capital improvement efforts, including improvements and upgrades of the Commission’s information technology architecture and systems and the development of the database of publicly available information on incidents involving injury or death required under [section 2055a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2055a&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by section 212 of this Act; and
(2) the adequacy of procedures for accrediting conformity assessment bodies as authorized by [section 2063(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2063/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by this Act, and overseeing the third party testing required by such section.
**(b) Employee complaints** Within 1 year after August 14, 2008, the Inspector General shall conduct a review of—
(1) complaints received by the Inspector General from employees of the Commission about failures of other employees to enforce the rules or regulations of the Consumer Product Safety Act [[15 U.S.C. 2051](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2051&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or any other Act enforced by the Commission or otherwise carry out their responsibilities under such Acts if such alleged failures raise issues of conflicts of interest, ethical violations, or the absence of good faith; and
(2) actions taken by the Commission to address such failures and complaints, including an assessment of the timeliness and effectiveness of such actions.
**(c) Public Internet website links** Not later than 30 days after August 14, 2008, the Commission shall establish and maintain—
(1) a direct link on the homepage of its Internet website to the Internet webpage of the Commission’s Office of Inspector General; and
(2) a mechanism on the webpage of the Commission’s Office of Inspector General by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to the Commission.
**(d) Reports**
(1) **Activities and needs of Inspector General** — Not later than 60 days after August 14, 2008, the Inspector General of the Commission shall transmit a report to the appropriate Congressional committees on the activities of the Inspector General, any structural barriers which prevent the Inspector General from providing robust oversight of the activities of the Commission, and any additional authority or resources that would facilitate more effective oversight.
(2) **Reviews of improvements and employee complaints** — Beginning for fiscal year 2010, the Inspector General of the Commission shall include in an annual report to the appropriate Congressional committees the Inspector General’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the reviews and audits under subsections (a) and (b).
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**(a)** The Congress finds that—
(1) an unacceptable number of consumer products which present unreasonable risks of injury are distributed in commerce;
(2) complexities of consumer products and the diverse nature and abilities of consumers using them frequently result in an inability of users to anticipate risks and to safeguard themselves adequately;
(3) the public should be protected against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products;
(4) control by State and local governments of unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products is inadequate and may be burdensome to manufacturers;
(5) existing Federal authority to protect consumers from exposure to consumer products presenting unreasonable risks of injury is inadequate; and
(6) regulation of consumer products the distribution or use of which affects interstate or foreign commerce is necessary to carry out this chapter.
**(b)** The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products;
(2) to assist consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products;
(3) to develop uniform safety standards for consumer products and to minimize conflicting State and local regulations; and
(4) to promote research and investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries.
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**(a) Database required**
(1) **In general** — Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Commission shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, establish and maintain a database on the safety of consumer products, and other products or substances regulated by the Commission, that is—
(A) publicly available;
(B) searchable; and
(C) accessible through the Internet website of the Commission.
(2) **Submission of detailed implementation plan to Congress** — Not later than 180 days after August 14, 2008, the Commission shall transmit to the appropriate Congressional committees a detailed plan for establishing and maintaining the database required by paragraph (1), including plans for the operation, content, maintenance, and functionality of the database. The plan shall detail the integration of the database into the Commission’s overall information technology improvement objectives and plans. The plan submitted under this subsection shall include a detailed implementation schedule for the database, and plans for a public awareness campaign to be conducted by the Commission to increase consumer awareness of the database.
(3) **Date of initial availability** — Not later than 18 months after the date on which the Commission submits the plan required by paragraph (2), the Commission shall establish the database required by paragraph (1).
**(b) Content and organization**
(1) **Contents** — Except as provided in subsection (c)(4), the database shall include the following:
(A) Reports of harm relating to the use of consumer products, and other products or substances regulated by the Commission, that are received by the Commission from—
(i) consumers;
(ii) local, State, or Federal government agencies;
(iii) health care professi
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 2051
Sec.
2056a.
Standards and consumer registration of dura-
ble nursery products.
2056b.
Mandatory toy safety standards.
2056c.
Sulfur content in drywall standard.
2056d.
Performance standards to protect against
portable fuel container explosions near
open flames or other ignition sources.
2056e.
Consumer product safety standard for button
cell or coin batteries and consumer prod-
ucts containing such batteries.
2056f.
Consumer product safety standard to protect
against tip-over of clothing storage units.
2057.
Banned hazardous products.
2057a.
Banning of butyl nitrite.
2057b.
Banning
of
isopropal
nitrite
and
other
nitrites.
2057c.
Prohibition on sale of certain products con-
taining specified phthalates.
2057d.
Banning of inclined sleepers for infants.
2057e.
Banning of crib bumpers.
2058.
Procedure for consumer product safety rules.
2059.
Repealed.
2060.
Judicial review of consumer product safety
rules.
2061.
Imminent hazards.
2062.
Repealed.
2063.
Product certification and labeling.
2064.
Substantial product hazards.
2065.
Inspection and recordkeeping.
2066.
Imported products.
2067.
Exemption of exports.
2068.
Prohibited acts.
2069.
Civil penalties.
2070.
Criminal penalties.
2071.
Injunctive enforcement and seizure.
2072.
Suits for damages.
2073.
Additional enforcement of product safety
rules and section 2064 orders.
2074.
Private remedies.
2075.
State standards.
2076.
Additional functions of Consumer Product
Safety Commission.
2076a.
Report on civil penalties.
2076b.
Inspector General audits and reports.
2077.
Chronic Hazard Advisory Panels.
2078.
Cooperation with States and other Federal
agencies.
2079.
Transfers of functions.
2080.
Limi
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 2076a
seq.) to pay to Commission amounts to defray reason-
able costs of particular services provided by Commis-
sion to such entities, with Commission to complete
study within one year of Nov. 16, 1990, and report re-
sults of study to Congress.
§ 2076a. Report on civil penalties
(1) Beginning 1 year after November 16, 1990,
and every year thereafter, the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives the information specified in paragraph (2).
Such information may be included in the annual
report to the Congress submitted by the Com-
mission.
(2) The Commission shall submit information
with respect to the imposition of civil penalties
under the statutes which it administers. The in-
formation shall include the number of civil pen-
alties imposed, an identification of the viola-
tions that led to the imposition of such pen-
alties, and the amount of revenue recovered
from the imposition of such penalties.
(Pub. L. 101–608, title I, § 115(d), Nov. 16, 1990, 104
Stat. 3121.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 1990, and not as part of the
Consumer Product Safety Act which comprises this
chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on
Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a)
of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of
House of Representatives changed to Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of House
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