15 U.S.C. § 8004 — Swimming pool safety grant program

This section creates a federal grant program to help states and Indian Tribes enforce pool and spa safety laws. (a) In general. If Congress provides the money, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the Commission) must run a grant program for eligible states and tribes. (b) Eligibility. To get a grant, a state or tribe must show the Commission that, as of its application date, it has passed and enforces a law that — with one listed exception — applies to every pool built there from that date forward (A), and that meets the minimum requirements set out in section 8005 of this title (B). It must also submit an application in whatever form and with whatever information the Commission requires (2). (c) Amount of grant. The Commission decides how much each grant is, based on the state or tribe's population (1), how much enforcement and implementation work it needs (2), and how to get the most benefit — in terms of protecting children from drowning or entrapment — from the whole program (3). (d) Use of grant funds. A state or tribe getting a grant must spend at least 25 percent of it to hire and train enforcement staff for its pool and spa safety law, and to cover the administrative costs of that hiring and training (1). It must spend the rest on educating pool owners, operators, and the public about the law and about preventing drowning or entrapment of children, and on the administrative costs of that education (2). (e) Authorization of appropriations. Congress authorized $2,500,000 for the Commission to run this program in fiscal year 2023.