S. 5281 119th Congress Senate

Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to strike provisions relating to the maximum civil penalties for violations of product safety standards.

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Peter Welch Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov

Commerce

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Aug 6, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Aug 6, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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for CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
1 filing
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
1 filing
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
1 filing
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
1 filing
Energy, Dept of
1 filing
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1 filing
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 4

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Aug 6, 2026

Luján, Ben Ray

New Mexico · Aug 6, 2026

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Aug 6, 2026

Schatz, Brian

Hawaii · Aug 6, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5281: Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5281/

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"S. 5281: Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5281/.

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S. 5281, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5281/.

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