,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #ajb #aahth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #afae
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,june #ad1           
#bjbc,received2 read the first time     
,june #ae1 #bjbc,read the second time   
and placed on the calendar  ,,an ,,act  
,to prohibit the use of ,federal funds  
to ban gas stoves4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,gas     
,stove ,protection and ,freedom ,act4   
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,consumer ,product ,safety          
,commission4  7#b7 ,gas stove ,the term 
gas stove means any gas range1 gas      
stove1 or household cooking gas         
appliance that meets the standard set   
forth in ,american ,national ,standards 
,institute 7,,ansi7 ,z#ba4a_/ ,,csa     
,z#ba4a or any successor standard4  7#c7
 ,substantially increase the average    
price of gas stoves ,the term           
substantially increase the average price
 of gas stoves means that the average   

price of a gas stove1 annualized over   
its expected life1 would likely be      
substantially higher than the average   
spending by ,united ,states homeowners  
on cooking stoves and ovens based on the
 most recent data for consumer          
expenditures reported by the ,bureau of 
,labor ,statistics4  #c4 ,prohibition on
 ,,cpsc banning gas stoves ,no ,federal 
funds may be used by the ,commission to 
regulate a gas stove as a banned        
hazardous product under section #h of   
the ,consumer ,product ,safety ,act 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bjeg7 or to impose or       
enforce any consumer product safety     
standard or rule on gas stoves under    
section #g or #i of such ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #bjef or #bjeh7 that would    
otherwise result in a prohibition on the
 use or sale of gas stoves in the       
,united ,states1 would otherwise result 
in the unavailability in the ,united    
,states of a type 7or class7 of product 
based on the type of fuel the product   
consumes1 or would otherwise            

substantially increase the average price
 of gas stoves in the ,united ,states4  
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,june #ac1 #bjbc4;,cheryl ,l4           
,johnson1,clerk4  ,june #ae1 #bjbc,read 
the second time and placed on the       
calendar