Safe Generators Save Lives Act
Bill: S.2813 | Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill (R-LA)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Safe Generators Save Lives Act
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish safety standards for portable generators, including requirements related to labeling, minimum cord length, and shutoff capability in an elevated carbon monoxide environment. The commission is authorized to enforce these standards.

To create a mandatory safety standard to require portable generators to 
   meet certain standards relating to carbon monoxide, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Generators Save Lives Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR PORTABLE GENERATORS.

    (a) Final Standard for Portable Generators.--
            (1) Mandatory standard.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety 
        Commission shall promulgate, in accordance with section 553 of 
        title 5, United States Code, a final consumer product safety 
        standard for portable generators to protect consumers from 
        death or injury relating to the use of such generators.
            (2) Requirements.--The final standard promulgated under 
        paragraph (1) shall incorporate requirements that are 
        substantially the same as each of the following:
                    (A) The requirements of the--
                            (i) American National Standard for Carbon 
                        Monoxide Emission Rate of Portable Generators 
                        (ANSI/UL 2201), or any related successor 
                        standard, that relate to carbon monoxide 
                        concentration limits; or
                            (ii) American National Standard for Safety 
                        and Performance of Portable Generators (ANSI/
                        PGMA G300-2018), or any related successor 
                        standard, except where such requirements 
                        conflict with any other requirement under this 
                        paragraph.
                    (B) A requirement that a portable generator shall 
                include clear and conspicuous labeling marking the 
                direction of exhaust, and a label indicating that 
                portable generators should not be used inside.
                    (C) A requirement that the cord of a portable 
                generator may not be shorter than 30 feet in length.
                    (D) A requirement relating to the shutoff 
                capability of a portable generator in an elevated 
                carbon monoxide environment.
                    (E) Other shutoff requirements and test 
                specifications the Commission determines necessary to 
                protect consumers from the risk of injury relating to 
                the use of portable generators.
            (3) Compliance dates.--The Commission shall include in the 
        final standard promulgated under paragraph (1) a compliance 
        date that is not later than 1 year after the date of such 
        promulgation, by which portable generators shall comply with 
        the final standard.
            (4) Review and revision of standard.--Beginning 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 Commission shall review and revise such 
        standard to ensure the highest level of safety feasible with 
        respect to portable generators.
            (5) Treatment of standard.--The final standard promulgated 
        under paragraph (1), including any revision of such standard 
        made pursuant to paragraph (4), shall be treated as a consumer 
        product safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer 
        Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058).
    (b) Violation.--Failure to comply with subsection (a) shall be 
treated as a violation of section 19 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2068).
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