Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025
Introduced Feb 11, 2025 by Rep. Troy Balderson
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill expands the application, testing, and inspection requirements for a foreign manufacturer of cylinders used for transporting hazardous materials in the United States (e.g., compressed gas cylinders).
Current regulations require a foreign manufacturer to apply for approval from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) for testing such cylinders outside of the United States. The bill requires that, to obtain an approval, a foreign manufacturer must answer in their application specified questions, including whether the manufacturer is or has been subject to various civil or criminal penalties.
Further, DOT must establish a process for any interested party to request a reevaluation of an approval for a foreign manufacturer's cylinders to review the accuracy and safety of the manufacturer's actions.
DOT must also revise the foreign inspection regulations to
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No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Jun 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jun 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 9, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2552-2553)
- Jun 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2552-2553)
- Jun 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1182.
- Jun 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2552-2554)
- Jun 9, 2025Mr. Ezell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 5, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 110.
- Jun 5, 2025Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-141.
- Feb 26, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 26, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 26, 2025Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged
- Feb 12, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Feb 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Feb 11, 2025Introduced in House