Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a mandatory safety standard for retractable awnings within 18 months to protect against death or serious injury, including from awnings that unexpectedly open and strike someone while the cover's bungee tie-downs are being removed.

• Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final mandatory consumer product safety standard for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings within 18 months of enactment
• Targets hazards including awnings unexpectedly opening and striking a person while bungee tie-downs are removed
• Lets the Commission set the specific awning devices covered by the standard, as reasonably necessary to protect against hazards
• Treats the standard as a consumer product safety rule under sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

Commerce