Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act
PL 110-278 (H.R.814), enacted 07/17/2008

122 STAT. 2602 
PUBLIC LAW 110–278—JULY 17, 2008 
Public Law 110–278 
110th Congress 
An Act 
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 Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Gasoline Burn Preven-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHILD-RESISTANT PORTABLE GASOLINE CONTAINERS. 
(a) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY RULE.—The provision of sub-
section (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 Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Effective 6 months after the date of enact-
ment 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 gaso-
line containers specified in the standard ASTM F2517-05, issued 
by ASTM International. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this Act, the term ‘‘portable gaso-
line container’’ means any portable gasoline container intended 
for use by consumers. 
(d) REVISION OF RULE.—If, after the enactment of this Act, 
ASTM International proposes to revise the child resistance require-
ments of ASTM F2517-05, ASTM International shall notify the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission 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 Commission notifies ASTM International that the 
Commission 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 regula-
tions by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to implement 
the requirements of this section, and sections 7 and 9 of the Con-
sumer 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 Commission shall transmit 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives 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); 
Applicability. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Effective date. 
Children’s 
Gasoline Burn 
Prevention Act. 
15 USC 2056 
note. 
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122 STAT. 2603 
PUBLIC LAW 110–278—JULY 17, 2008 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 814: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 110–367 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 153 (2007): Oct. 9, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 154 (2008): June 16, considered and passed Senate. 
(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 standard promulgated under subsection 
(a)). 
Approved July 17, 2008. 
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