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HR 5900 114th Congress House

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016

Official title: To require compliant flame mitigation devices to be used on portable fuel containers for flammable liquids, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 18, 2016 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Commerce AccidentsAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresConsumer Product Safety CommissionFiresProduct safety and quality
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 14, 2016
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final rule relating to flame mitigation devices in portable fuel containers for flammable liquid fuels that sufficiently reduces the risk of injuries associated with the tendency of vapors igniting when the container is near an open flame or other ignition source. A "portable fuel container" is defined as a receptacle for flammable liquids (including any spout, retrofit spout, cap, and other closure mechanism and component of such receptacle) that foreseeably will be used by consumers and is manufactured or imported for use in the United States.

The rule must be treated as a consumer product safety rule promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act.

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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 18, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5900: Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5900/
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"H.R. 5900: Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5900/.
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H.R. 5900, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5900/.
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