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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8928 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require portable gen-
erators to meet certain standards relating to carbon monoxide, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2020 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to re-
quire portable generators to meet certain standards relat-
ing to carbon monoxide, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Portable Generator 
Safety Standard To Avoid Needless Deaths And Reduce 
Disabilities Act’’ or the ‘‘Portable Generator Safety 
STANDARD Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR 
PORTABLE GENERATORS. 
(a) FINAL STANDARD
FOR PORTABLE GENERA-
TORS.— 
(1) FINAL STANDARD.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission shall promulgate, 
in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, a final consumer product safety stand-
ard for portable generators to protect consumers 
from death or injury relating to the use of such gen-
erators. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The final standard pro-
mulgated under paragraph (1) shall incorporate re-
quirements that are substantially the same as, or 
more stringent than, each of the following: 
(A) The requirements of the American Na-
tional Standard for Carbon Monoxide Emission 
Rate of Portable Generators (ANSI/UL 2201), 
or any related successor standard, that relate to 
carbon monoxide concentration limits. 
(B) The requirements of the American Na-
tional Standard for Safety and Performance of 
Portable 
Generators 
(ANSI/PGMA 
G300– 
2018), or any related successor standard, ex-
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cept where such requirements conflict with any 
other requirement under this paragraph. 
(C) A requirement that a portable gener-
ator shall include clear and conspicuous labeling 
marking the direction of exhaust. 
(D) A requirement that the cord of a port-
able generator may not be shorter than 30 feet 
in length. 
(E) A requirement that the weighted car-
bon monoxide emission rate of a portable gener-
ator may not exceed— 
(i) for a portable generator powered 
by a handheld or Class I spark-ignition en-
gine, a rate of 75 grams per hour; 
(ii) for a portable generator powered 
by a Class II spark-ignition engine with 
one cylinder, a rate of 150 grams per hour; 
and 
(iii) for a portable generator powered 
by a Class II spark-ignition engine with 
two cylinders, a rate of 300 grams per 
hour. 
(F) A requirement relating to the shutoff 
capability of a portable generator in an elevated 
carbon monoxide environment. 
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(G) Other shutoff requirements and test 
specifications the Commission determines nec-
essary to protect consumers from the risk of in-
jury relating to the use of portable generators. 
(3) COMPLIANCE DATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Commission shall include 
in the final standard promulgated under para-
graph (1) a compliance date that is not later 
than 1 year after the date of such promulga-
tion, by which portable generators shall comply 
with the final standard. 
(B) HANDHELD AND CLASS I ENGINES.— 
With respect to portable generators powered by 
handheld or Class I spark-ignition engines, the 
Commission may include a separate compliance 
date that is not later than 18 months after the 
date of the promulgation of the final standard. 
(4) REVIEW AND REVISION OF STANDARD.—Be-
ginning 1 year after the date of the promulgation of 
the final standard under paragraph (1) and not less 
frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Com-
mission shall review and revise such standard to en-
sure the highest level of safety feasible with respect 
to portable generators. 
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(5) TREATMENT
OF
STANDARD.—The final 
standard promulgated under paragraph (1), includ-
ing any revision of such standard made pursuant to 
paragraph (4), shall be treated as a consumer prod-
uct safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(b) INTERIM STANDARD FOR PORTABLE GENERA-
TORS.— 
(1) INTERIM
STANDARD.—Beginning on the 
date that is 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on the date that the 
final standard promulgated under subsection (a)(1) 
goes into effect, it shall be unlawful for a person to 
import into or distribute in commerce in the United 
States a portable generator, unless— 
(A) the portable generator complies with 
the requirements of ANSI/UL 2201 or ANSI/ 
PGMA G300–2018; and 
(B) the engine of such generator shuts off 
before the carbon monoxide concentration ex-
ceeds 600 parts per million by volume (ppm) or 
a 10-minute rolling average of 275 ppm. 
(2) VIOLATION.—Failure to comply with para-
graph (1) shall be treated as a violation of section 
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19 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2068). 
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