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The bill lowers upfront costs and regulatory burdens for consumers and small businesses by removing child-resistance and flame-mitigation requirements for portable gasoline containers, but substantially increases health and safety risks—especially to children and households—which could raise injuries, property damage, and public-health costs.
Parents, families, and other consumers who use portable gasoline containers face lower upfront costs and preserved product availability because fewer regulatory requirements may reduce price or prevent product discontinuation.
Retailers and manufacturers (including small businesses) avoid compliance costs and regulatory burdens tied to flame-mitigation and child-resistance standards, lowering business operating costs and regulatory overhead.
Children are more likely to suffer gasoline poisoning or burn injuries if portable containers no longer must meet child-resistance standards.
Homeowners, children, and rural communities face increased fire and burn risk because removing flame-mitigation device requirements makes fuel vapors easier to ignite during storage or use.
Consumers (parents, families, homeowners) could incur greater long-term medical bills and property-repair costs from more frequent or severe gasoline-related injuries and fires, which may outweigh any short-term price savings.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress February 13, 2025
Repeals two federal statutes that set safety standards for portable gasoline containers and cancels any Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) rules made under those laws. It also forbids the CPSC from issuing any future regulation that would require flame mitigation devices or child‑resistant features on portable gas cans. The measure removes a current federal regulatory path for gas can safety and blocks the CPSC from adopting two specific types of safety requirements going forward. The text contains no funding, implementation timeline, or transitional provisions.