,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,gottheimer introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,consumer     
,product ,safety ,commission to develop 
and implement a public awareness        
campaign with respect to grill safety1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,strengthening ,awareness and ,funding  
,education for ,grilling ,act or the    
,,safe ,grilling ,act4  #b4 ,findings   
,congress finds that1 according to the  
,national ,fire ,protection ,association
 and the ,consumer ,product ,safety     
,commission1 during the years #bjag     
through #bjba-- 7#a7 an average of      
#bb1aee individuals each year went to an
 emergency room due to injuries         
involving grills2  7#b7 gas grills were 
involved in an average of #i1jgi home   
fires each year1 with #d1ded structure  

fires and #d1fbe outdoor fires averaged 
annually2  7#c7 leaks or breaks were a  
significant problem with gas grills1 as 
#f percent of structure fires related to
 gas grills and #ae percent of outdoor  
fires related to gas grills were caused 
by leaks or breaks2  7#d7 more than #be 
percent of structure fires related to   
grills began on an exterior balcony or  
open porch1 #h percent began when an    
outside wall caught fire1 and #d percent
 began with some type of structural     
member or framing2  7#e7 ,july was the  
peak month for fires related to grills  
7#af percent of such fires71 followed by
 ,june 7#ad percent71 ,may 7#ab         
percent71 and ,august 7#aa percent72 and
  7#f7 a grill that had not been cleaned
 was involved in roughly #bj percent of 
fires related to grills4  #c4 ,public   
awareness campaign with respect to grill
 safety  7a7 ,requirement ,not later    
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 the ,consumer   
,product ,safety ,commission shall      

develop and implement a public awareness
 campaign to educate the public with    
respect to-- 7#a7 dangers associated    
with cooking using a grill2 and  7#b7   
best practices for using a grill safely 
to prevent injuries and fires4  7b7     
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#e1jjj1jjj to carry out this section4