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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2813 

To create a mandatory safety standard to require portable generators to 

meet certain standards relating to carbon monoxide, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 

Mr. CASSIDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To create a mandatory safety standard to require portable 

generators to meet certain standards relating to carbon 

monoxide, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Generators Save 

5 Lives Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MANDATORY PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

7 PORTABLE GENERATORS. 

8 (a) FINAL STANDARD FOR PORTABLE GENERA9 TORS.— 


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1 (1) MANDATORY STANDARD.—Not later than 1 

2 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 Consumer Product Safety Commission shall promul4 gate, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, 

5 United States Code, a final consumer product safety 

6 standard for portable generators to protect con7 sumers from death or injury relating to the use of 

8 such generators. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The final standard pro10 mulgated under paragraph (1) shall incorporate re11 quirements that are substantially the same as each 

12 of the following: 

13 (A) The requirements of the— 

14 (i) American National Standard for 

15 Carbon Monoxide Emission Rate of Port16 able Generators (ANSI/UL 2201), or any 

17 related successor standard, that relate to 

18 carbon monoxide concentration limits; or 

19 (ii) American National Standard for 

20 Safety and Performance of Portable Gen21 erators (ANSI/PGMA G300–2018), or any 

22 related successor standard, except where 

23 such requirements conflict with any other 

24 requirement under this paragraph. 


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1 (B) A requirement that a portable gener2 ator shall include clear and conspicuous labeling 

3 marking the direction of exhaust, and a label 

4 indicating that portable generators should not 

5 be used inside. 

6 (C) A requirement that the cord of a port7 able generator may not be shorter than 30 feet 

8 in length. 

9 (D) A requirement relating to the shutoff 

10 capability of a portable generator in an elevated 

11 carbon monoxide environment. 

12 (E) Other shutoff requirements and test 

13 specifications the Commission determines nec14 essary to protect consumers from the risk of in15 jury relating to the use of portable generators. 

16 (3) COMPLIANCE DATES.—The Commission 

17 shall include in the final standard promulgated 

18 under paragraph (1) a compliance date that is not 

19 later than 1 year after the date of such promulga20 tion, by which portable generators shall comply with 

21 the final standard. 

22 (4) REVIEW AND REVISION OF STANDARD.—Be23 ginning 1 year after the date of the promulgation of 

24 the final standard under paragraph (1) and not less 

25 frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the ComVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 Sep 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2813.IS S2813

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1 mission shall review and revise such standard to en2 sure the highest level of safety feasible with respect 

3 to portable generators. 

4 (5) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—The final 

5 standard promulgated under paragraph (1), includ6 ing any revision of such standard made pursuant to 

7 paragraph (4), shall be treated as a consumer prod8 uct safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the 

9 Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

10 (b) VIOLATION.—Failure to comply with subsection 

11 (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19 of the Con12 sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068). 

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