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A $2 million NEISS expense due to loss of participation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would take most of $3.5 million in unexecuted funds that might be available for use in CPSC's midyear update of its operating plan.

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CPSC's independence got most of the attention at the April 30 decisional meeting at which commissioners voted 3-2 on party lines to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.

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Commissioners April 16-18 could not reach a majority on what historically has been a unanimous and merely procedural ballot.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) April 30 said he would write to Russel Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), about the supposed plan to merge CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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CPSC staffers seek a voluntary standard on residential structure fire hazards from consumer products and involving wildfire defensible zones.

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CPSC staff in March revisited a 14-year-old EPA report on copper particles from pressure treated wood.

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The European Commission has continued work on the roll-out of the EU's new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) that entered into application across the EEA (comprising European Union Member States, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Northern Ireland on December 13, 2024.

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The European Commission is planning to introduce new requirements for repairability, including a repair score for a range of products, according to the ESPR and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025-30 published April 16, 2025.

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Briefs on strollers, infant swings, e-filing, batteries, poisoning, and children's jewelry, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.