Proposed Rule2025-17439
Notification of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the Voluntary Standard for Bassinets and Cradles
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Published
September 10, 2025
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles, incorporates by reference ASTM F2194-13, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles. ASTM notified the Commission that it has revised this incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the revision improves the safety of bassinets and cradles.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43581-43582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17439]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1218
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0028]
Notification of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to
the Voluntary Standard for Bassinets and Cradles
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notification of availability and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or
CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles,
incorporates by reference ASTM F2194-13, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Bassinets and Cradles. ASTM notified
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the Commission that it has revised this incorporated voluntary
standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the revision improves the
safety of bassinets and cradles.
DATES: Comments must be received by September 24, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0028, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit through this
website: confidential business information, trade secret information,
or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be
available to the public. CPSC typically does not accept comments
submitted by email, except as described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: CPSC
encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. You may, however, submit comments by mail, hand
delivery, or courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected
information that you do not want to be available to the public, you may
submit such comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier, or you may
email them to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd9e8d8e9ed0928ebd9e8d8e9ed39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d6e7d7e6e20627e4d6e7d7e6e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Do not submit to
this website: confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and insert the
docket number, CPSC-2010-0028, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celestine T. Kish, Project Manager,
Division of Human Factors, Directorate for Engineering Sciences,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850; 301-987-2547; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e1d15170d163e1d0e0d1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e281898b918aa281929181cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to adopt
mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products. 15 U.S.C.
2056a(b)(1). Mandatory standards must be ``substantially the same as''
voluntary standards, or they may be ``more stringent'' than the
applicable voluntary standards, if the Commission determines that more
stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury
associated with the products. Id. Mandatory standards may be based, in
whole or in part, on a voluntary standard.
Section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA specifies the process for when a
voluntary standards organization revises a standard that the Commission
incorporated by reference under section 104(b)(1). First, the voluntary
standards organization must notify the Commission of the revision. Once
the Commission receives this notification, the Commission may reject or
accept the revised standard. To reject a revised standard, the
Commission must notify the voluntary standards organization within 90
days of receiving the notice of revision that the Commission has
determined that the revised standard does not improve the safety of the
consumer product and that CPSC is retaining the existing standard. If
the Commission does not take this action, the revised voluntary
standard will be considered a consumer product safety standard issued
under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C.
2058), effective 180 days after the Commission received notification of
the revision (or a later date specified by the Commission in the
Federal Register). 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B).
Under this authority, in 2013 the Commission issued a mandatory
safety rule that incorporates by reference ASTM F2194-13, Standard
Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles, codified at 16
CFR part 1218 (78 FR 63034, October 23, 2013) with additions and
exclusions. This mandatory standard includes performance requirements
and test methods, as well as requirements for warning labels and
instructions, to address hazards to children.
On August 25, 2025, ASTM notified the Commission that it had
approved and published a revised version of the voluntary standard,
ASTM F2194-25. CPSC is assessing the revised voluntary standard to
determine, consistent with section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, its
effect on the safety of bassinets and cradles subject to 16 CFR part
1218. The Commission invites public comment to inform CPSC staff's
assessment and subsequent Commission consideration of the revisions in
ASTM F2149-25.
The currently incorporated voluntary standard (ASTM F2149-13) and
the revised voluntary standard (ASTM F2194-25) are available for review
in several ways. A read-only copy of the existing, incorporated
standard (ASTM F2149-13) is available for viewing, at no cost, on the
ASTM website at: <a href="https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/">https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/</a>. A read-only copy
of the revised standard (ASTM F2149-25) is available, at no cost, on
ASTM's website at: <a href="https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm">https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm</a>. Interested parties
can also download copies of the standards by purchasing them from ASTM
International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken,
PA 19428-2959; phone: 610-832-9585; <a href="https://www.astm.org">https://www.astm.org</a>.
Alternatively, interested parties can schedule an appointment to
inspect copies of the standards at CPSC's Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814, telephone: 301-504-7479.
Comments must be received by September 24, 2025. Because of the
short statutory time frame Congress established for the Commission to
consider revised voluntary standards under section 104(b)(4) of the
CPSIA, CPSC will not consider comments received after this date.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-17439 Filed 9-9-25; 8:45 am]
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