SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas 
produced by burning any fuel. Exposure to 
unhealthy levels of carbon monoxide can lead to car-
bon monoxide poisoning, a serious health condition 
that could result in death. 
(2) Carbon monoxide poisoning from the use of 
fuel-burning appliances, such as furnaces, water 
heaters, portable generators, and stoves, in residen-
tial homes and other dwelling units kills at least 500 
people each year and sends more than 20,000 to 
hospital emergency rooms for treatment. 
(3) Research shows that purchasing and install-
ing carbon monoxide alarms close to the sleeping 
areas in residential homes and other dwelling units 
can help avoid fatalities. 
(4) Congress should promote the purchase and 
installation of carbon monoxide alarms in residential 
homes and dwelling units nationwide in order to pro-
mote the health and public safety of citizens 
throughout the Nation. 
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SEC. 3. ADOPTION OF ANSI/UL 2034 AS CONSUMER PROD-
UCT SAFETY RULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Product Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following: 
‘‘SEC. 43. RESIDENTIAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) 
MANDATORY
STANDARD.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, within 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Residential Car-
bon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission shall publish in 
the Federal Register as a mandatory consumer prod-
uct safety standard the American National Standard 
for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide 
Alarms (American National Standard ANSI/UL 
2034–2005). The standard shall take effect 180 
days after it is published. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD.—After the 
standard takes effect, it shall be unlawful for any 
manufacturer or distributor to import into or dis-
tribute in commerce in the United States any new 
assembled or unassembled residential carbon mon-
oxide detector unless it complies with the standard. 
‘‘(3) VIOLATION.—The failure to comply with 
paragraph (2) shall be deemed to be a failure to 
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comply with a consumer product safety standard 
under this Act and subject to all of the penalties and 
remedies available under this Act. 
‘‘(4) OTHER TYPES OF CARBON MONOXIDE DE-
TECTORS.—Paragraph (2) does not apply to any 
carbon monoxide detector not covered by the stand-
ard as provided in section 1.4 of the standard. 
‘‘(b) LABELING.—Beginning 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 
Prevention Act, a manufacturer selling or offering for sale 
in the United States a residential carbon monoxide detec-
tor manufactured more than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of that Act, shall clearly identify on any container 
of the detector and on the detector its conformance with 
the requirements of the consumer product safety standard 
promulgated under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) MODIFICATION OF STANDARD.— 
‘‘(1) ANSI REVISIONS.—If the American Na-
tional Standard ANSI/UL 2034–2008 is revised 
through the applicable consensus standards develop-
ment process after the date on which the product 
safety standard for residential carbon monoxide de-
tectors is published in the Federal Register, the 
American National Standards Institute shall notify 
the Commission of the revision. 
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‘‘(2) COMMISSION
ACTION.—Within 120 days 
after it receives notice of such a revision by the 
American National Standards Institute, the Com-
mission shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking 
in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, to amend the product safety standard 
for residential carbon monoxide detectors to include 
any such revision that the Commission determines is 
reasonably related to the performance of such detec-
tors, and notify the Institute of any revision it has 
determined not to be so related. The Commission 
shall promulgate an amendment to the standard for 
such detectors within 180 days after the date on 
which the notice of proposed rulemaking for the 
amendment is published in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Commission may, pursuant to sections 7 and 9 of 
this Act, amend the product safety standard for resi-
dential carbon monoxide detectors to include any ad-
ditional provision that the Commission determines is 
reasonably necessary to ensure their safe and effec-
tive operation. 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN PROVISIONS NOT APPLICABLE.— 
Sections 7 and 9 of this Act shall not apply to pro-
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mulgation of any amendment of the product safety 
standard under paragraph (2). Judicial review of 
any amendment of the standard under paragraph 
(2) shall be in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, 
United States Code.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Consumer Product Safety Act is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 42 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 43. Residential carbon monoxide detectors.’’. 
SEC. 4. REDUCING DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM CARBON 
MONOXIDE POISONING. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
shall promulgate consumer product safety rules, pursuant 
to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2056), requiring, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) WARNING LABELS.—Each portable gener-
ator sold to the public for purposes other than resale 
shall have a large, prominently displayed warning 
label on the exterior packaging, if any, of the port-
able generator and permanently affixed on the port-
able generator regarding the carbon monoxide haz-
ard posed by incorrect use of the portable generator. 
The warning label shall include the word ‘‘DAN-
GER’’ in prominently displayed text and shall in-
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