Review - S 2320 Introduced – Foreign Cylinders

Last month Sen Moreno (R,OH) introduced S 2320, the Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025. The bill would require DOT to establish additional regulations relating to the approval of foreign manufacturers of cylinders used in the transport of hazardous chemicals. There is no new spending authorized by this legislation.

This bill is identical to S 1632, the Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2023, that was introduced by then Senator Vance (R,OH) in May of 2023. More importantly, it is nearly identical to HR 1182 that was passed in the House on June 9^th, 2025. The only difference between this bill and the House bill is the web site location where DOT would be required to maintain a list of approved foreign cylinders; DOT website for this bill and PHMSA website for the House bill. Since the PHMSA web site is part of the DOT website, this is a less than significant difference. There was one other minor difference, this bill corrected a typographical error in the opening sentence of §2(g), correcting the 49 USC reference to read §107.807(c) instead of the subsection (d) found in both the House bill and earlier Senate versions {BTW: there is no subsection (d) in that USC Section}.

Moving Forward

Moreno and his sole cosponsor {Sen Baldwin (D,WI)} are members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there could be sufficient influence to see the bill considered in Committee. I suspect that the bipartisan support this bill received in the House would also be seen in the Senate. The Committee, however, will not have to act for this bill to be considered by the full Senate, or more appropriately the House version of the bill. Having said that, this bill would have to be considered under the unanimous consent process or as part of a larger bill, since this bill is just not politically important enough to take up the Senate’s time if it were considered under the regular order.

 

For more details about the provisions of this bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-2320-introduced-foreign-cylinders - subscription required.

HR 3404 Sponsor Added – Gas Cylinder Safety

Yesterday, Rep Orden (R,OH) was added as a cosponsor to HR 3404 [removed from paywall], the Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2023. Orden is a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, to which this was assigned for consideration, the first sponsor that is a member. This means that there may now be sufficient influence to see the bill considered in Committee.

Unfortunately, this late in an election year session, there may not be time for this bill to move forward. The sooner it is considered in Committee (preferably without amendments) the better chances for it to move forward. There has been no action in the Senate on the nearly identical S 1632.

S 1632 Introduced – Foreign Cylinder Regulation

Last month, Sen Vance (R,OH) introduced S 1632, the Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2023. The bill would require DOT to establish additional regulations relating to the approval of foreign manufacturers of cylinders used in the transport of hazardous chemicals. There is no new spending authorized by this legislation.

This bill is virtually identical to HR 3404 that was introduced on the same day. This is not technically a companion measure since there is one difference between the two bills. In the discussion about authorizing overseas inspection on page 8, line 23, the Senate version corrects the CFR reference that I noted was wrong [subscription required] in the House version.

Moving Forward

Vance and two of his cosponsors {Sen Baldwin (D,WI) and Sen Budd (R,SC)} are member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there may be sufficient influence to see this bill considered in Committee. As I commented in my post on HR 3404, I suspect that there may be some opposition in the chemical industry to the provisions of this bill, but I do not believe they would be sufficient to stop the bill passing in Committee. They would certainly be sufficient, however, to stop the bill from being considered under the Senate’s unanimous consent process, since this bill is not ‘important’ enough to take-up the Senate’s time under regular order.

 

For more details about the provisions of this bill, see my discussion of HR 3404 at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-3404-introduced - subscription required.

Bills Introduced – 5-17-23

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session, there were 115 bills introduced. Three of these bills will receive additional coverage in this blog:

HR 3404 To require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations relating to the approval of foreign manufacturers of cylinders, and for other purposes. Balderson, Troy [Rep.-R-OH-12]

HR 3429 To increase cybersecurity education and job growth, and for other purposes. Lieu, Ted [Rep.-D-CA-36]

S 1632 A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations relating to the approval of foreign manufacturers of cylinders, and for other purposes. Vance, J. D. [Sen.-R-OH]