CAP Act

HR 7096 (the CAP Act) increases civil penalties for consumer product safety violations under the Consumer Product Safety Act. It raises the maximum penalty per violation from $100,000 to $250,000 and removes the previous $15 million cap for related violations. The bill requires annual inflation adjustments to penalties using the Consumer Price Index, rounding to the nearest $1, to maintain enforcement value over time. These changes directly affect manufacturers and sellers of consumer products by increasing potential enforcement costs for safety violations.