[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3136 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3136

 To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require child-
              proof caps for portable gasoline containers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 1999

   Mr. Moore (for himself, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Larson, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
  Serrano, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
  Johnson of Texas, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Holt, Mr. Minge, Ms. 
Sanchez, Mr. Capuano, and Mr. Gonzalez) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require child-
              proof caps for portable gasoline containers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD-PROOF CAPS FOR GASOLINE CONTAINERS.

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission is authorized to establish a 
standard for special packaging of portable gasoline containers under 
section 3 of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (15 U.S.C. 1472).
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