IB 
Union Calendar No. 228 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 814 
[Report No. 110–367] 
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations 
mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. LINCOLN 
DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
HOLT, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SHERMAN, and 
Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. ROSS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 
BARROW, Mr. OLVER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Ms. HAR-
MAN, and Mr. GORDON of Tennessee 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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 Representa-
tives 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
CON-
TAINERS. 
(a) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD.— 
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall promul-
gate, 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 port-
able gasoline containers. Such standards shall be substan-
tially 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 RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The
requirements
of
subsections
(a) 
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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 sub-
section (a) of this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this Act, the term 
‘‘portable gasoline container’’ means any portable gasoline 
container intended for use by consumers. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The consumer product safe-
ty 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 stand-
ard promulgated under subsection (a)). 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Gasoline 
Burn Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHILD-RESISTANT PORTABLE GASOLINE CON-
TAINERS. 
(a) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY RULE.—The provi-
sion of subsection (b) shall be considered to be a consumer 
product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Effective 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, each portable gasoline container 
manufactured on or after that date for sale in the United 
States shall conform to the child-resistance requirements for 
closures on portable gasoline containers specified in the 
standard ASTM F2517–05, issued by ASTM International. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this Act, the term ‘‘port-
able gasoline container’’ means any portable gasoline con-
tainer intended for use by consumers. 
(d) REVISION OF RULE.—If, after the enactment of 
this Act, ASTM International proposes to revise the child 
resistance requirements of ASTM F2517–05, ASTM Inter-
national shall notify the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion of the proposed revision and the proposed revision shall 
be incorporated in the consumer product safety rule under 
subsection (a) unless, within 60 days of such notice, the 
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Commission notifies ASTM International that the Commis-
sion has determined that such revision does not carry out 
the purposes of subsection (b). 
(e) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—Section 553 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall apply with respect to the 
issuance of any regulations by the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission to implement the requirements of this section, 
and sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
shall not apply to such issuance. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Com-
mission shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee 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 Com-
mission 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 pro-
mulgated under subsection (a)). 
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