Federal

Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act

Source: Congress.gov · 416 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill prevents the federal government from spending money to ban gas stoves or create rules that would prohibit selling them or significantly raise their prices. The bill specifically restricts the Consumer Product Safety Commission (a federal agency that sets product safety standards) from taking certain regulatory actions on gas stoves.

Who It Affects

The Consumer Product Safety Commission. American homeowners who use or want to buy gas stoves. Manufacturers of gas stoves.

Key Provisions

- The Consumer Product Safety Commission cannot use federal funds to ban gas stoves as hazardous products (Sec. 3) - The Commission cannot use federal funds to create or enforce safety standards on gas stoves that would result in a ban on using or selling them (Sec. 3) - The Commission cannot use federal funds to impose rules on gas stoves that would substantially increase their average price to consumers (Sec. 3)

What Changes

If this becomes law, the Consumer Product Safety Commission cannot spend federal money on regulatory actions against gas stoves that would prohibit them or raise their average price substantially. The definition of "substantially increase" means the annualized price over a gas stove's expected life would be higher than what American homeowners typically spend on cooking stoves and ovens, based on the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Important Definitions

- Gas stove: any gas range, gas stove or household cooking gas appliance meeting the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z21.1/CSA Z21.1 or any newer version of that standard - Commission: the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 240 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 2, 2023 Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. MANCHIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gas Stove Protection 4 and Freedom Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 8 means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 9 (2) GAS STOVE.—The term ‘‘gas stove’’ means 10 any gas range, gas stove, or household cooking gas 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Feb 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S240.IS S240 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 240 IS appliance that meets the standard set forth in Amer- 1 ican National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z21.1/ 2 CSA Z21.1 or any successor standard. 3 (3) SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE AVERAGE 4 PRICE OF GAS STOVES.—The term ‘‘substantially in- 5 crease the average price of gas stoves’’ means that 6 the average price of a gas stove, annualized over its 7 expected life, would likely be substantially higher 8 than the average spending by United States home- 9 owners on cooking stoves and ovens based on the 10 most recent data for consumer expenditures reported 11 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 12 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION. 13 No Federal funds may be used by the Commission 14 to regulate an existing or new gas stove as a banned haz- 15 ardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product 16 Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057) or to impose or enforce any 17 consumer product safety standard or rule on existing or 18 new gas stoves under section 7 or 9 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 19 2056 or 2058) that would otherwise result in a prohibition 20 on the use or sale of gas stoves in the United States or 21 would otherwise substantially increase the average price 22 of gas stoves in the United States. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Feb 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S240.IS S240 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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