Pursuant to the 2024 CPSC Operating Plan, staff is working to draft a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for toy neck floats  to eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury from water submersion or drowning of children. ASTM F963, Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety, established a voluntary standard for aquatic toys, which includes neck floats.  Section 106 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a CPSC mandatory consumer product safety standard. 15 U.S.C. 2056b(a). Section 106 requires the Commission to periodically review and revise this standard to ensure that such standards provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible. 15 U.S.C. 2056b(c). Section 106 also requires the Commission to assess the effectiveness of ASTM F963 and the adequacy of the standard to protect children from safety hazards associated with toys, and, thereafter, promulgate consumer product safety rules that are more stringent than existing standards if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with such toys. 15 U.S.C. 2056b(d). Under these authorities, staff is working to develop new safety standards for neck floats.