Senate Spending Bill Cuts CPSC Import Fees
The fiscal 2017 Senate Financial Services and General Government spending bill would fund the Consumer Product Safety Commission at $124 million, $7 million less than President Barack Obama’s budget request and $1 million less than current enacted level, the Senate…
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Appropriations Committee Minority said (here). The Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee unanimously approved the bill with no amendments on June 15. The spending bill does not include a White House-requested authorization for consumer product import fees to be paid by importers to support expansion of CPSC’s import surveillance activities. The legislation also omits requested funding to conduct applied research on exposure to “potential chronic hazards” related to nanotechnology in consumer products and “crumb rubber” used in field turf and playgrounds. The House Appropriations Committee on June 9 reported out its version of FY17 Financial Services and General Government spending legislation, which proposed to fund CPSC at $120 million, the committee said (here). The full Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the chamber's version of FY17 spending legislation at 10:30 a.m. on June 16.