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B-335363 Jun 20, 2023 1 (2023-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaoouz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-335363 June 20, 2023 The Honorable Maria Cantwell Chair The Honorable Ted Cruz Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Chair The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Consumer Product Safety Commission: Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) entitled Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units (CPSC-2023-0015). We received the rule on June 6, 2023. It was published in the Federal Register as a direct final rule on May 4, 2023. 88 Fed. Reg. 28403. The effective date is September 1, 2023. According to CPSC, this direct final rule adopts the requirements of ASTM F2057-23, a voluntary standard adopted by ASTM International. In November 2022, CPSC published a consumer product safety standard for clothing storage units (CSUs) to protect children from tip-over-related death or injury, with an effective date of May 24, 2023. 87 Fed. Reg. 72598. In December 2022, the President signed into law the Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act (STURDY), which, according to CPSC, requires CPSC to either develop and promulgate a new consumer product safety standard for CSUs that meets certain requirements specified in STURDY, or determine that a voluntary standard exists that meets STURDY's requirements. Pub. L. No. 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459, div. BB, title II, § 201 (Dec. 29, 2022). As stated by CPSC, if CPSC determines that a timely-issued voluntary standard satisfies STURDY's criteria, then STURDY requires CPSC to promulgate a final consumer product safety standard that adopts the applicable performance requirements of the voluntary standard, to supersede any existing CSU rule. CPSC stated that on April 19, 2023, it determined that ASTM F2057-23, Standard Safety Specification for Clothing Storage Units, is a voluntary standard that meets the requirements of STURDY. CPSC expressed that in light of that determination, this direct final rule adopts the requirements of ASTM F2057-23 as required by STURDY. According to CPSC, the current CSU rule, which was added in a final rule published on November 25, 2022, is stayed and will not take effect because STURDY provides that adoption of the ASTM standard will supersede CPSC's current rule.

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