# H.R. 1770 (119th): Consumer Safety Technology Act

Consumer Safety Technology Act This bill (1) establishes a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence to support the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and (2) requires reports related to blockchain technology and digital tokens. Specifically, the CPSC must consult with relevant stakeholders, such as data scientists and product manufacturers, and use artificial intelligence for a least one of the following purposes: (1) tracking trends in injuries involving consumer products, (2) identifying consumer product hazards, (3) monitoring the sale of recalled consumer products, or (4) identifying consumer products that do not meet specified importation requirements related to product safety. The bill also requires (1) the Department of Commerce to report on existing and emerging uses of blockchain technology for consumer protection, and (2) the Federal Trade Commission to report on its efforts to prevent unfair or deceptive practices relating to digital tokens.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: artificial_intelligence. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: consumer_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: consumer_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: digital_tokens. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: product_recall. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: technology. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 192: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure pursues an ordinary and legitimate consumer-protection good, namely reducing unsafe products and fraud, through administrative pilots and reports. It does not directly advance a named moral harm or directly restrain one. Its concerns are prudential, such as the scope of AI use in monitoring markets and the adequacy of reporting, so it is best classed as mixed rather than as a clear good or evil.
Theological note: The bill raises issues of stewardship and neighbor protection, since consumer product hazards can harm the public and the government has a legitimate role in guarding against fraud and unsafe goods. It also touches on the proper limits of administrative power, though it does not directly target persons or private conscience. Its relevance is mainly prudential: whether the pilot is well designed and whether AI and reporting tools serve honest commerce without creating new intrusive reach.

## Recorded votes

Roll 192: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 336 · Nay 36 · Other 59.

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