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Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] · R–NJ
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposal would make certain federal grants to states conditional on states banning sales of products containing nitrous oxide. States could allow unscented, unflavored products for specified health care, commercial kitchen, industrial, and automotive uses. States that fail to comply would face reduced grant funding. The requirements would begin in the third federal fiscal year starting after enactment.
A funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State involved will have in effect, and implement, a prohibition on the sale of— (1) any product containing nitrous oxide that is scented or flavored; and (2) any other product containing nitrous oxide unless exempted pursuant to subsection (b).
A State may exempt from the prohibition in subsection (a)(2) a product containing nitrous oxide that is not scented or flavored if such product is sold for use— (1) in medical, veterinary, or dental care; (2) as a propellant for a food product in a commercial kitchen; (3) in a manufacturing process or industrial operation; or (4) for an automotive purpose.
If the Secretary determines that the State is not in compliance with such subsection, the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the allotment under section 1921 for the State for the fiscal year involved by an amount up to 10 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for the applicable fiscal year.
Section 1936 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a), applies beginning with the third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
Section 1 would give the bill the short title “MANNARINO Act.”
This Act may be cited as the Mitigating Abuse of Nitrous-oxide Nationwide And Reducing Inhalation-related Neurological Outcomes Act or the MANNARINO Act.
Section 2 would add a state grant condition to the Public Health Service Act. States receiving grants under section 1921 would have to put a sales prohibition into effect and implement it. The prohibition would cover scented or flavored nitrous oxide products without the listed exemptions, and all other nitrous oxide products unless a state grants an allowed exemption.
Subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 1936. Prohibition on sale of certain products containing nitrous oxide
A funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State involved will have in effect, and implement, a prohibition on the sale of— (1) any product containing nitrous oxide that is scented or flavored; and (2) any other product containing nitrous oxide unless exempted pursuant to subsection (b).
States could choose to exempt unscented, unflavored products sold for medical, veterinary, or dental care; to propel food from a container in a commercial kitchen; for manufacturing or industrial operations; or for automotive purposes. These exemptions would be optional, not required.
A State may exempt from the prohibition in subsection (a)(2) a product containing nitrous oxide that is not scented or flavored if such product is sold for use— (1) in medical, veterinary, or dental care; (2) as a propellant for a food product in a commercial kitchen; (3) in a manufacturing process or industrial operation; or (4) for an automotive purpose.
Before awarding a section 1921 grant, the Secretary would have to determine whether the state complies with the sales prohibition requirement.
Before making a grant under section 1921 to a State, the Secretary shall determine whether the State is in compliance with subsection (a).
A finding of noncompliance would require the Secretary to reduce the state's grant allocation for the fiscal year. The reduction could be up to 10 percent of the amount calculated for that state under section 1933; the bill does not prescribe a fixed reduction.
If the Secretary determines that the State is not in compliance with such subsection, the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the allotment under section 1921 for the State for the fiscal year involved by an amount up to 10 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for the applicable fiscal year.
The new section would apply beginning with the third fiscal year that starts after enactment. Its start date therefore depends on when the bill becomes law.
Section 1936 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a), applies beginning with the third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated September 1, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on August 27, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-01T16:39:00Z. 2026-08-27: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2026-08-27: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-08-27. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
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No unrelated provision or policy rider was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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The supplied text contains discretionary exemptions for specified uses within the bill's main policy. Classification as a targeted benefit is not a judgment about whether an exemption is justified.
States could preserve sales of unscented, unflavored nitrous oxide products for health care providers, commercial kitchen food-propellant users, manufacturing or industrial users, and automotive users. These specified uses could receive exceptions to the otherwise general sales prohibition; the exceptions would depend on state choice.
a prohibition on the sale of— (1) any product containing nitrous oxide that is scented or flavored; and (2) any other product containing nitrous oxide unless exempted pursuant to subsection (b).
A State may exempt from the prohibition in subsection (a)(2) a product containing nitrous oxide that is not scented or flavored if such product is sold for use— (1) in medical, veterinary, or dental care; (2) as a propellant for a food product in a commercial kitchen; (3) in a manufacturing process or industrial operation; or (4) for an automotive purpose.
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