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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1182 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations relating 
to the approval of foreign manufacturers of cylinders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2025 
Mr. BALDERSON (for himself, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Mr. TAYLOR) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate 
regulations relating to the approval of foreign manufac-
turers of cylinders, 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 ‘‘Compressed Gas Cyl-
inder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS OF 
CYLINDERS USED IN TRANSPORTING HAZ-
ARDOUS MATERIALS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) CYLINDER.—The term ‘‘cylinder’’ means 
any cylinder specified under any of sections 178.36 
through 178.68 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or successor regulations). 
(2) FOREIGN MANUFACTURER OF CYLINDERS; 
FMOC.—The term ‘‘foreign manufacturer of cyl-
inders’’ or ‘‘FMOC’’ means an entity that manufac-
tures cylinders outside of the United States that are 
intended to be represented, marked, certified, or sold 
as qualified for use in transporting a hazardous ma-
terial in commerce in the United States. 
(3) IN GOOD STANDING.—The term ‘‘in good 
standing’’, with respect to an FMOC, means that 
the FMOC— 
(A) is approved by the Secretary pursuant 
to section 107.807 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or a successor regulation); and 
(B) has demonstrated 3 years of compli-
ance with— 
(i) part 107 of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or successor regulations); 
and 
(ii) chapter 51 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
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(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(b) APPROVAL OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS OF 
CYLINDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations to provide that an approval pro-
vided to an FMOC pursuant to section 107.807 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation), shall be for a period of not longer than 
1 year, except as provided under paragraph (2). 
(2) 5-YEAR
APPROVAL.—The Secretary may 
provide a 5-year approval of an FMOC pursuant to 
section 107.807 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation), if the following re-
quirements are met: 
(A) The FMOC attests that none of the 
cylinders made by the FMOC are prohibited 
from entry to the United States under section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307). 
(B) The FMOC certifies that— 
(i) the information provided pursuant 
to subsection (e) is accurate; and 
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(ii) the FMOC has a proactive respon-
sibility to inform the Secretary if any such 
information materially changes. 
(C) The Secretary determines that the 
FMOC is in good standing. 
(3) FACILITY INSPECTIONS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF OBSTRUCTS.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘obstructs’’ means taking 
actions that are known, or reasonably should be 
known, to prevent, hinder, or impede an inspec-
tion. 
(B) PENALTIES.—The Secretary may sus-
pend or terminate an approval of an FMOC if 
the FMOC obstructs or prevents the Secretary 
from carrying out an inspection under section 
107.807(c) of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation). 
(4) INTERACTION
WITH
OTHER
STATUTES, 
AGREEMENTS, REGULATIONS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to prevent the harmonization 
of cylinder standards otherwise authorized by law. 
(5) OTHER CAUSE FOR SUSPENSION OR TERMI-
NATION.—The Secretary may suspend or terminate 
an approval of an FMOC on determination that the 
FMOC knowingly or intentionally misrepresented re-
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sponses to the Secretary required by law, including 
under subsection (e). 
(c) REEVALUATION BY REQUEST FOR RELATED VIO-
LATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary 
to establish a process, as determined by the Sec-
retary, for any interested party to request a reevalu-
ation of the approval of FMOC cylinders under sec-
tion 107.807 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation), to review the accu-
racy and safety of the actions of the FMOC. 
(2) PETITION FOR REEVALUATION.—The regu-
lations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall allow 
an interested party to file a petition if that party 
has evidence of inaccurate, changed, or fraudulent 
attestations or responses made by an FMOC to the 
Secretary under subsection (e). 
(d) NOTICE AND COMMENT FOR APPLICATIONS BY 
FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS OF CYLINDERS.—On receipt 
of an application for approval under section 107.807 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regu-
lation), the Secretary shall— 
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(1) timely publish notification of the application 
on the website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
rials Safety Administration; and 
(2) provide 30 days for public comment on the 
application prior to approval. 
(e) ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO ENSURE SAFETY 
AND COMPLIANCE WITH DOT PROCESSES.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall require, as part of an application for approval 
pursuant to section 107.807 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), that 
the applicant answer the following questions: 
(A) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, has ever been subject to a civil mone-
tary penalty under title 49, United States Code, 
relating to any actions carried out as an ap-
proved FMOC or during the application for ap-
proval under that section. 
(B) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, has been delinquent in the payment of 
any civil monetary penalties or other fines or 
fees under title 49, United States Code. 
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(C) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, is subject to the Do Not Pay Initiative 
established under section 3354 of title 31, 
United States Code, as of the date of the appli-
cation. 
(D) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, is listed in the Military End User List 
of the Department of Commerce as of the date 
of the application. 
(E) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, is identified by the Department of De-
fense as an entity listed under section 1237 of 
the Strom Thurmond National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; Public Law 105–261) as of the date 
of application. 
(F) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, has been found guilty of a criminal 
penalty or assessed a civil penalty under section 
1760 of division A of the John S. McCain Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (50 U.S.C. 4819). 
(G) Whether the FMOC applying, or any 
entity controlling more than 10 percent of that 
FMOC, is subject to a final antidumping or 
countervailing duty order from the Department 
of Commerce as of the date of application. 
(2) DENIAL OF APPLICATION.—The Secretary 
may deny under section 107.709 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), an 
application for approval under section 107.807 of 
that title (or a successor regulation) based on the re-
sponses to the questions required under paragraph 
(1). 
(f) FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS LISTING APPROV-
ALS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
publish and maintain on the website of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration a list of ap-
proved foreign manufacturers of cylinders and the dura-
tion of those approvals. 
(g) AUTHORIZING
FOREIGN
INSPECTIONS.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall revise section 107.807(d) of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations— 
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