June 11, 2026
Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials to require placards to be placed on all refrigerated shipping containers, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Chief Chris Eddy’s Law
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Sec. 2. Regulations for refrigerated shipping containers
(a) In general
The Secretary of Transportation shall issue or revise, as appropriate, regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials to require the placarding of all refrigerated containers to communicate to emergency responders the potential of pressurization from such containers.
(b) Placarding required regardless of cargo
The regulations issued or revised under this section shall require the placarding described in subsection (a) on all refrigerated containers regardless of the cargo such container is transporting.
(c) Refrigerated container defined
In this section, the term refrigerated container
means a container that is capable of refrigeration and used for transportation in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce.
Sec. 3. Study
The Secretary shall conduct a study to assess whether refrigerants should be formally recognized as a distinct hazard category and include in such study an assessment of—
(1)
how the creation of a distinct hazard category for refrigerants would interact with other hazardous material classifications; and
(2)
the broader regulatory impacts of creating such a category.