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119-s-2992119th CongressWALLET

Gas Can Freedom Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Banks, Jim [R-IN]

Introduced

Summary

Removes federal safety standards for portable fuel containers by repealing two laws and blocking any Consumer Product Safety Commission rules that would require flame-mitigation devices or child-resistant features.

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  • Households could find portable gasoline containers on store shelves that do not have federally required child-resistant caps or flame-mitigation devices.
  • Manufacturers and retailers could produce and sell gas cans that no longer have to meet the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2020 or the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act requirements.
  • The Consumer Product Safety Commission would be specifically barred, notwithstanding other law, from issuing regulations that impose flame-mitigation or child-resistant requirements on portable fuel containers.

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Fewer federal gas-can safety rules

This bill would repeal two federal laws that backed gas-can safety rules. If enacted, existing CPSC rules made under those laws would be void. The bill would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from requiring flame-mitigation devices or child-resistant gasoline containers. Makers and sellers would face fewer federal obligations. Households could lose federal safety protections for portable gasoline containers. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Banks, Jim [R-IN]

IN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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