Budget Report: H.R. 814 [110th]: Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
COST ESTIMATE
October 18, 2007
H.R. 814
Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act
As passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007
H.R. 814 would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue
regulations requiring manufacturers of portable gasoline containers to comply with certain
safety standards. Effective six months after enactment, all portable gasoline containers
manufactured or sold in the United States would be required to meet child-resistance
standards specified by ASTM International, a private standards organization. In addition,
within two years the CPSC would be required to report to the Congress on compliance rates
and the effectiveness of the new safety requirements.
CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $1 million, assuming appropriation of
amounts necessary to issue the required report. Enacting H.R. 814 would not affect direct
spending or revenues.
H.R. 814 contains private-sector mandates, as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA), on companies that manufacture gasoline containers intended for use by consumers
and the organization responsible for issuing the industry standard for those containers. Based
on information from the CPSC and industry representatives, CBO expects that the direct cost
to comply with the mandates in the bill would fall below the annual threshold established by
UMRA for private-sector mandates ($131 million in 2007, adjusted annually for inflation).
H.R. 814 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in UMRA and would not affect
the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Geoffrey Gerhardt. This estimate was approved
by Peter H. Fontaine, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
