# Commission Participation and Commission Employee Involvement in Voluntary Standards Activities
> **US Consumer Product Safety Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2016-02-02 · Effective 2016-03-03 · 81 FR 5369
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-01778
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 5369
- **CFR reference:** 16 CFR 1031
- **Publication date:** 2016-02-02
- **Effective date:** 2016-03-03
- **Docket:** CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2013-0034
## Abstract

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission ("Commission" or "CPSC") is issuing this final rule to amend the existing regulation on Commission participation and employee involvement in voluntary standards activities. Currently, Commission rules allow employees to participate in voluntary standard development groups on a non-voting basis and do not allow Commission employees to accept leadership positions in voluntary standard development groups. This final rule removes these restrictions and allows Commission employees to participate as voting members and to accept leadership positions in voluntary standard development groups, subject to prior approval by CPSC's Office of the Executive Director ("OEX").

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/02/02/2016-01778/commission-participation-and-commission-employee-involvement-in-voluntary-standards-activities)
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