CPSC is an important consumer rights and interests protection agency in the U.S., which is short for the Consumer Product Safety Committee. The CPSC was founded in 1972, whose responsibility is to protect the interests of consumers, and keep the individuals and homes safe by reducing the damages and risks of death in consumer goods. Its main function is to develop self-discipline standards for producers, and formulate compulsory standards or ban for those consumer goods without standards referred. It performs inspection for potentially hazardous products, and publish their inspection results through various channels, including media, state and local government and organizations to the consumers. Now the CPSC is responsible for monitoring the safety of more than 15,000 kinds of consumer goods.
U.S. President George W. Bush officially signed the CPSIA into law on August 14, 2008 (HR4040), which is the most stringent consumer protection act since the establishment of CPSC in 1972. Section 232 of CPSIA specifies that all All-Terrain Vehicles being imported or sold in the U.S. shall comply with safety standards, training programs, and other active safety behaviors so as to minimize the deaths and injuries caused by ATV.