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B-337029

February 11, 2025

The Honorable Ted Cruz
Chairman
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
Ranking Member
Committee on Commerce,  Science, and Transportation
United States Senate

The Honorable Brett Guthrie
Chairman
The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr.
Ranking Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
House  of Representatives

Subject: Consumer  Product Safety Commission: Certificates of Compliance

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 Certificates of
Compliance (CPSC  Docket No. 2013-0017). We received the rule on January 21, 2025. It was
published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2025. 90 Fed. Reg. 1800. For all CPSC
regulated consumer products and substances subject to the final rule and required to be
certified, except for products and substances imported into a foreign trade zone (FTZ) and
subsequently entered for consumption or warehousing, the final rule is effective on July 8, 2026.
For CPSC  regulated products and substances entered from an FTZ for consumption or
warehousing, the final rule is effective on January 8, 2027.

According to CPSC, this rule revises the agency's regulation for Certificates of Compliance
(certificates). CPSC stated that the rule aligns CPSC's current certificates rule with other CPSC
rules on testing and certification, and implements, for importation of products and substances
regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Enclosed is our assessment of CPSC's compliance with the procedural steps required by
section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions
about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to
the subject matter of the rule, please contact Charlie McKiver, Assistant General Counsel, at
(202) 512-5992.






Shirley A. Jones
Managing  Associate General Counsel

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