I
119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 1770
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot
program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the
mission of the Commission and to direct the Secretary of Commerce
and the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on the use
of blockchain technology and tokens, respectively.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH3, 2025
Mr. S
OTO(for himself, Ms. CASTORof Florida, and Mrs. TRAHAN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to estab-
lish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intel-
ligence in support of the mission of the Commission
and to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal
Trade Commission to study and report on the use of
blockchain technology and tokens, respectively.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Consumer Safety Technology Act’’. 5
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2
•HR 1770 IH
(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
this Act is as follows: 2
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Pilot program for use of artificial intelligence by Consumer Product
Safety Commission.
TITLE II—BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Study on blockchain technology and its use in consumer protection.
TITLE III—TOKEN TAXONOMY
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Findings.
Sec. 303. Report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices in transactions relat-
ing to tokens.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
3
In this Act— 4
(1) the term ‘‘consumer product’’ has the 5
meaning given such term in section 3(a) of the Con-6
sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)); 7
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 8
of Commerce; and 9
(3) the term ‘‘token’’ means a transferrable, 10
digital representation of information recorded on a 11
blockchain or other distributed ledger technology. 12
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3
•HR 1770 IH
TITLE I—ARTIFICIAL INTEL-1
LIGENCE AND CONSUMER 2
PRODUCT SAFETY 3
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 4
This title may be cited as the ‘‘AI for Consumer 5
Product Safety Act’’. 6
SEC. 102. PILOT PROGRAM FOR USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-7
LIGENCE BY CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 8
COMMISSION. 9
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 10
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Prod-11
uct Safety Commission shall establish a pilot program to 12
explore the use of artificial intelligence by the Commission 13
in support of the consumer product safety mission of the 14
Commission, as described in section 2(b) of the Consumer 15
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051(b)). 16
(b) R
EQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the pilot pro-17
gram established under subsection (a), the Commission 18
shall do the following: 19
(1) Use artificial intelligence for at least 1 of 20
the following purposes: 21
(A) Tracking trends with respect to inju-22
ries involving consumer products. 23
(B) Identifying consumer product hazards. 24
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4
•HR 1770 IH
(C) Monitoring the retail marketplace (in-1
cluding internet websites) for the sale of re-2
called consumer products (including both new 3
and used products). 4
(D) Identifying consumer products re-5
quired by section 17(a) of the Consumer Prod-6
uct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2066(a)) to be re-7
fused admission into the customs territory of 8
the United States. 9
(2) Consistent with section 6 of the Consumer 10
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2055), consult with 11
the following: 12
(A) Technologists, data scientists, and ex-13
perts in artificial intelligence and machine 14
learning. 15
(B) Cybersecurity experts. 16
(C) Members of the retail industry. 17
(D) Consumer product manufacturers. 18
(E) Consumer product safety organiza-19
tions. 20
(F) Any other person the Commission con-21
siders appropriate. 22
(c) R
EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 23
after the conclusion of the pilot program established under 24
subsection (a), the Consumer Product Safety Commission 25
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 5
•HR 1770 IH
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 1
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 2
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 3
and make publicly available on the website of the Commis-4
sion, a report on the findings and data derived from such 5
program, including the extent to which the use of artificial 6
intelligence improved the ability of the Commission to ad-7
vance the consumer product safety mission of the Commis-8
sion. 9
TITLE II—BLOCKCHAIN 10
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION 11
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 12
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Blockchain Innovation 13
Act’’. 14
SEC. 202. STUDY ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND ITS 15
USE IN CONSUMER PROTECTION. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.— 17
(1) S
TUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 18
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-19
retary of Commerce, in consultation with the Fed-20
eral Trade Commission and any other Federal agen-21
cy the Secretary determines appropriate, shall com-22
plete a study on the possible uses of blockchain tech-23
nology for consumer protection purposes, including 24
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 6
•HR 1770 IH
preventing or mitigating fraud and other unfair or 1
deceptive acts or practices. 2
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY .—In con-3
ducting the study required by paragraph (1), the 4
Secretary shall examine— 5
(A) existing and emerging uses of 6
blockchain technology that could help protect 7
consumers, including by preventing or miti-8
gating fraud and other unfair or deceptive acts 9
or practices within the meaning of section 5 of 10
the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 11
45); 12
(B) trends in the commercial use of and 13
investment in blockchain technology to prevent 14
or mitigate fraud and other unfair or deceptive 15
acts or practices as described in subparagraph 16
(A); 17
(C) best practices in facilitating public-pri-18
vate partnerships in blockchain technology to 19
prevent or mitigate fraud and other unfair or 20
deceptive acts or practices as described in sub-21
paragraph (A); 22
(D) potential benefits and risks related to 23
the use of blockchain technology to prevent or 24
mitigate fraud and other unfair or deceptive 25
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 7
•HR 1770 IH
acts or practices as described in subparagraph 1
(A); 2
(E) possible modifications to Federal regu-3
lations that could encourage the use of 4
blockchain technology to prevent or mitigate 5
fraud and other unfair or deceptive acts or 6
practices as described in subparagraph (A); and 7
(F) any other relevant observations or rec-8
ommendations related to the use of blockchain 9
technology for consumer protection purposes, 10
including preventing or mitigating fraud and 11
other unfair or deceptive acts or practices as 12
described in subparagraph (A). 13
(3) P
UBLIC COMMENT .—In conducting the 14
study required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 15
provide opportunity for public comment and advice 16
relevant to conducting the study. 17
(b) R
EPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 18
months after the completion of the study required by sub-19
section (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the Com-20
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-21
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 22
and Transportation of the Senate, and make publicly 23
available on the website of the Department of Commerce, 24
a report that contains the results of such study. 25
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 8
•HR 1770 IH
TITLE III—TOKEN TAXONOMY 1
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 2
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Taxonomy 3
Act’’. 4
SEC. 302. FINDINGS. 5
Congress finds that— 6
(1) it is important that the United States re-7
mains a leader in innovation; 8
(2) tokens and blockchain technology are driv-9
ing innovation and providing consumers with in-10
creased choice and convenience; 11
(3) the use of tokens and blockchain technology 12
is likely to increase in the future; 13
(4) the Federal Trade Commission is respon-14
sible for protecting consumers from unfair or decep-15
tive acts or practices, including relating to tokens; 16
(5) the Commission has previously taken action 17
against unscrupulous companies and individuals that 18
committed unfair or deceptive acts or practices in-19
volving tokens; and 20
(6) to bolster the Commission’s ability to en-21
force against unfair or deceptive acts or practices in-22
volving tokens, the Commission should ensure staff 23
have appropriate training and resources to identify 24
and pursue such cases. 25
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 9
•HR 1770 IH
SEC. 303. REPORT ON UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR 1
PRACTICES IN TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO 2
TOKENS. 3
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 4
of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall submit 5
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 6
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 7
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and make pub-8
licly available on the website of the Commission, a report 9
on— 10
(1) any actions taken by the Commission relat-11
ing to unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trans-12
actions relating to tokens; 13
(2) any other efforts of the Commission to pre-14
vent unfair or deceptive acts or practices relating to 15
tokens; and 16
(3) any recommendations by the Commission 17
for legislation that would improve the ability of the 18
Commission and other relevant Federal agencies to 19
further protect consumers from unfair or deceptive 20
acts or practices in the token marketplace. 21
Æ
VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1770.IH H1770
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB