Sponsor
James E. Banks
Senator · R-IN
Senator · R-IN
The bill reduces regulatory costs and may lower prices for portable fuel containers, but increases risks of fires and injuries, raises related household and public costs, erodes federal consumer safety protections, and could spark state/local legal conflicts.
Manufacturers and sellers of portable fuel containers (including small businesses) avoid new compliance costs because flame‑mitigation and child‑resistant design requirements are barred.
Consumers (homeowners) are likely to face lower retail prices for portable fuel containers because manufacturers will not incur or pass through added regulatory costs.
Children and parents face higher risk of burns, fires, and related injuries because child‑resistant and flame‑mitigation requirements are prohibited.
Homeowners and local governments could incur higher emergency response, medical, and property-repair costs from an increase in gasoline‑related fires and injuries.
Consumers lose standardized federal safety protections for portable fuel containers, reducing their ability to rely on safer product designs when buying containers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals two federal laws and bars the CPSC from requiring flame‑mitigation or child‑resistant features on portable gasoline containers.
Repeals two federal laws that required safety features on portable gasoline containers and strips related Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulations of legal force. It also bars the CPSC from issuing future rules that would require flame mitigation devices or child‑resistant features on portable fuel containers. The bill removes existing federal safety requirements for portable gasoline containers and prevents the federal safety agency from reinstating similar standards.
Official title: Repeal the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2020 and the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced October 8, 2025 by James E. Banks · Last progress October 8, 2025