# 119-s-2992: Gas Can Freedom Act of 2025

119-s-2992, Gas Can Freedom Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2992
- As of: 2026-09-10
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2992
- Congress: 119
- Title: Gas Can Freedom Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-08
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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.** - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fewer federal gas-can safety rules: mixed, high. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-535: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act
- 119-s-4983: Harry Reid Immigration Stabilization Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2992 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2992)

## Related
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4378)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-535: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-535)
- [119-s-4983: Harry Reid Immigration Stabilization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4983)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2992 (as of 2026-09-10).