HR 5900 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016

Introduced Jul 14, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Mike Thompson D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 14, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 14, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final rule relating to flame mitigation devices in portable fuel containers for flammable liquid fuels that sufficiently reduces the risk of injuries associated with the tendency of vapors igniting when the container is near an open flame or other ignition source. A "portable fuel container" is defined as a receptacle for flammable liquids (including any spout, retrofit spout, cap, and other closure mechanism and component of such receptacle) that foreseeably will be used by consumers and is manufactured or imported for use in the United States.

The rule must be treated as a consumer product safety rule promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 18, 2016.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 18, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2016Introduced in House
  2. Jul 14, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

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  1. Jul 14, 2016Introduced in House

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