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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6135 

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require portable generators to meet certain standards relating to carbon monoxide, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 2, 2021 

Mr. RUSH (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission 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 ‘‘Portable Generator 

5 Safety Standard To Avoid Needless Deaths And Reduce 

6 Disabilities Act’’ or the ‘‘Portable Generator Safety 

7 STANDARD Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

2 PORTABLE GENERATORS. 

3 (a) FINAL STANDARD FOR PORTABLE GENERA4 TORS.— 

5 (1) FINAL STANDARD.—Not later than 1 year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Con7 sumer Product Safety Commission shall promulgate, 

8 in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 

9 States Code, a final consumer product safety stand10 ard for portable generators to protect consumers 

11 from death or injury relating to the use of such gen12 erators. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The final standard pro14 mulgated under paragraph (1) shall incorporate re15 quirements that are substantially the same as, or 

16 more stringent than, each of the following: 

17 (A) The requirements of the American Na18 tional Standard for Carbon Monoxide Emission 

19 Rate of Portable Generators (ANSI/UL 2201), 

20 or any related successor standard, that relate to 

21 carbon monoxide concentration limits. 

22 (B) The requirements of the American Na23 tional Standard for Safety and Performance of 

24 Portable Generators (ANSI/PGMA G300– 

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1 cept where such requirements conflict with any 

2 other requirement under this paragraph. 

3 (C) A requirement that a portable gener4 ator shall include clear and conspicuous labeling 

5 marking the direction of exhaust. 

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

8 in length. 

9 (E) A requirement relating to the shutoff 

10 capability of a portable generator in an elevated 

11 carbon monoxide environment. 

12 (F) 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 DATE.—The Commission shall 

17 include in the final standard promulgated under 

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

19 than 1 year after the date of such promulgation, by 

20 which portable generators shall comply with the final 

21 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 04:34 Dec 11, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6135.IH H6135

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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) INTERIM STANDARD FOR PORTABLE GENERA11 TORS.— 

12 (1) INTERIM STANDARD.—Beginning on the 

13 date that is 6 months after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act and ending on the date that the 

15 final standard promulgated under subsection (a)(1) 

16 goes into effect, it shall be unlawful for a person to 

17 import into or distribute in commerce in the United 

18 States a portable generator, unless— 

19 (A) the portable generator complies with 

20 the requirements of ANSI/UL 2201 or ANSI/ 

21 PGMA G300–2018; and 

22 (B) the engine of such generator shuts off 

23 before the carbon monoxide concentration ex24 ceeds 600 parts per million by volume (ppm) or 

25 a 10-minute rolling average of 275 ppm. 


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1 (2) VIOLATION.—Failure to comply with para2 graph (1) shall be treated as a violation of section 

3 19 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 

4 2068). 

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