Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act

Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate final child-resistance product safety standards for closures on portable gasoline containers intended for use by consumers.

Prescribes criteria for such standards.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4023 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4023

To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations 
mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2005

Mr. Bachus (for himself, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weldon of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
Gutierrez, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Price 
of North Carolina, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Bishop 
of New York, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
Texas, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Hoyer, 
  Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
Island, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Davis of California, 
Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Eddie 
  Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Holt, Ms. Carson, Ms. 
DeLauro, Ms. Solis, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Schwartz of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. 
     Wu, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Holden, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. 
   Schiff, Mr. Honda, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Israel, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Zoe 
 Lofgren of California, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and Mr. 
    Tom Davis of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations 
mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD-RESISTANT PORTABLE GASOLINE CONTAINERS.

    (a) Consumer Product Safety Standard.--Within 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
shall promulgate, as final consumer product safety standards under 
section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), child-
resistance standards for closures on all portable gasoline containers. 
Such standards shall be substantially the same as the standard ASTM 
F2517-05, issued by ASTM International, or any successor standard 
issued by ASTM International.
    (b) Application of Certain Promulgation Requirements.--The 
requirements of subsections (a) through (f) of section 9 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058(a) through (f)) shall not 
apply to the consumer product safety standards required by subsection 
(a) of this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this Act, the term ``portable gasoline 
container'' means a portable gasoline container intended for use by 
consumers.
    (d) Effective Date.--The consumer product safety standard required 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after 
the date on which such standard shall be promulgated.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall transmit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report on--
            (1) the degree of industry compliance with the standard 
        promulgated under subsection (a);
            (2) any enforcement actions brought by the Commission to 
        enforce such standard; and
            (3) incidents involving children interacting with portable 
        gasoline containers (including both those that are and are not 
        in compliance with the standard promulgated under subsection 
        (a)).
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