Senator Jim Banks introduced the Gas Can Freedom Act earlier this week.
The bill is aimed at eliminating federal regulations he says have overcomplicated a basic household tool.
The bill would repeal Obama-era rules on gas can design, nullify existing Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations, and block future requirements for flame mitigation devices or complex spouts.
Banks says the measure will restore consumer choice, lower costs and keep Washington “out of the garage.”
Banks says it’s time to “bring back common sense gas cans” and end what he calls needless overregulation of everyday life.
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YES! This is actually needed. The new spouts cause more pollution than the old ones just because of the spills they cause. They are a very good example of EPA idiocy.
Thank goodness.
Those awful fuel cans spilled 10 times more liquid gasoline than the amount of vapors the normal cans ever released.