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Union Calendar No. 62
118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 1615
[Report No. 118–85]
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH17, 2023
Mr. A
RMSTRONGintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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UNE1, 2023
Additional sponsors: Mrs. L
ESKO, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. KILEY, Mrs. MILLERof
Illinois, and Mrs. P
ELTOLA
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UNE1, 2023
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves.
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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) C
OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 8
means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 9
(2) G
AS STOVE.—The term ‘‘gas stove’’ means 10
any gas range, gas stove, or household cooking gas 11
appliance that meets the standard set forth in Amer-12
ican National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z21.1/ 13
CSA Z21.1 or any successor standard. 14
(3) S
UBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE AVERAGE 15
PRICE OF GAS STOVES.—The term ‘‘substantially in-16
crease the average price of gas stoves’’ means that 17
the average price of a gas stove, annualized over its 18
expected life, would likely be substantially higher 19
than the average spending by United States home-20
owners on cooking stoves and ovens based on the 21
most recent data for consumer expenditures reported 22
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 23
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CPSC BANNING GAS STOVES. 1
No Federal funds may be used by the Commission 2
to regulate a gas stove as a banned hazardous product 3
under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 4
U.S.C. 2057) or to impose or enforce any consumer prod-5
uct safety standard or rule on gas stoves under section 6
7 or 9 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 or 2058) that would 7
otherwise result in a prohibition on the use or sale of gas 8
stoves in the United States or would otherwise substan-9
tially increase the average price of gas stoves in the United 10
States. 11
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118
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 1615
[Report No. 118–85]
A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas
stoves.
J
UNE
1, 2023
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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