| 22 | | - | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 8 |
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| 23 | | - | means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 9 |
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| 27 | | - | (2) GAS STOVE.—The term ‘‘gas stove’’ means 1 |
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| 28 | | - | any gas range, gas stove, or household cooking gas 2 |
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| 29 | | - | appliance that meets the standard set forth in Amer-3 |
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| 30 | | - | ican National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z21.1/ 4 |
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| 31 | | - | CSA Z21.1 or any successor standard. 5 |
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| 15 | + | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 6 |
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| 16 | + | means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 7 |
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| 17 | + | (2) G |
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| 18 | + | AS STOVE.—The term ‘‘gas stove’’ means 8 |
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| 19 | + | any gas range, gas stove, or household cooking gas 9 |
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| 20 | + | appliance that meets the standard set forth in Amer-10 |
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| 21 | + | ican National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z21.1/ 11 |
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| 22 | + | CSA Z21.1 or any successor standard. 12 |
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| 33 | | - | UBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE AVERAGE 6 |
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| 34 | | - | PRICE OF GAS STOVES.—The term ‘‘substantially in-7 |
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| 35 | | - | crease the average price of gas stoves’’ means that 8 |
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| 36 | | - | the average price of a gas stove, annualized over its 9 |
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| 37 | | - | expected life, would likely be substantially higher 10 |
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| 38 | | - | than the average spending by United States home-11 |
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| 39 | | - | owners on cooking stoves and ovens based on the 12 |
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| 40 | | - | most recent data for consumer expenditures reported 13 |
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| 41 | | - | by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 14 |
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| 42 | | - | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CPSC BANNING GAS STOVES. 15 |
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| 43 | | - | No Federal funds may be used by the Commission 16 |
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| 44 | | - | to regulate a gas stove as a banned hazardous product 17 |
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| 45 | | - | under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 18 |
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| 46 | | - | U.S.C. 2057) or to impose or enforce any consumer prod-19 |
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| 47 | | - | uct safety standard or rule on gas stoves under section 20 |
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| 48 | | - | 7 or 9 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 or 2058) that would 21 |
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| 49 | | - | otherwise result in a prohibition on the use or sale of gas 22 |
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| 50 | | - | stoves in the United States, would otherwise result in the 23 |
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| 51 | | - | unavailability in the United States of a type (or class) of 24 |
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| 52 | | - | product based on the type of fuel the product consumes, 25 |
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| 55 | | - | HR 1615 PCS |
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| 56 | | - | or would otherwise substantially increase the average price 1 |
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| 57 | | - | of gas stoves in the United States. 2 |
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| 24 | + | UBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE AVERAGE 13 |
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| 25 | + | PRICE OF GAS STOVES.—The term ‘‘substantially in-14 |
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| 26 | + | crease the average price of gas stoves’’ means that 15 |
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| 27 | + | the average price of a gas stove, annualized over its 16 |
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| 28 | + | expected life, would likely be substantially higher 17 |
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| 29 | + | than the average spending by United States home-18 |
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| 30 | + | owners on cooking stoves and ovens based on the 19 |
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| 31 | + | most recent data for consumer expenditures reported 20 |
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| 32 | + | by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 21 |
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| 33 | + | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CPSC BANNING GAS STOVES. 22 |
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| 34 | + | No Federal funds may be used by the Commission 23 |
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| 35 | + | to regulate a gas stove as a banned hazardous product 24 |
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| 36 | + | under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 25 |
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| 37 | + | U.S.C. 2057) or to impose or enforce any consumer prod-26 3 |
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| 38 | + | •HR 1615 EH |
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| 39 | + | uct safety standard or rule on gas stoves under section 1 |
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| 40 | + | 7 or 9 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 or 2058) that would 2 |
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| 41 | + | otherwise result in a prohibition on the use or sale of gas 3 |
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| 42 | + | stoves in the United States, would otherwise result in the 4 |
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| 43 | + | unavailability in the United States of a type (or class) of 5 |
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| 44 | + | product based on the type of fuel the product consumes, 6 |
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| 45 | + | or would otherwise substantially increase the average price 7 |
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| 46 | + | of gas stoves in the United States. 8 |
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