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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 973
5	5	To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	FEBRUARY4, 2025
8	8	Mr. T
9	9	ORRESof New York (for himself, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. CLARKEof New
10	10	York, and Mr. L
11	11	ANGWORTHY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
12	12	ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Setting Consumer 4
19	19	Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR CER-6
21	21	TAIN BATTERIES. 7
22	22	(a) C
23	23	ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYSTANDARDRE-8
24	24	QUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 9
25	25	enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Com-10
26	26	mission (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) 11
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30	30	shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, United 1
31	31	States Code, the provisions of ANSI/CAN/UL 2271– 2
32	32	Standard for Batteries for Use in Light Electric Vehicle 3
33	33	Applications, ANSI/CAN/UL 2849–Standard for Safety 4
34	34	for Electrical Systems for eBikes, and ANSI/CA/UL 5
35	35	2272–Standard for Electrical Systems for Personal E-Mo-6
36	36	bility Devices, as in effect on the date of enactment of 7
37	37	this Act, as final consumer product safety standards. 8
38	38	(b) C
39	39	ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYCOMMISSIONDE-9
40	40	TERMINATION OF SCOPE.—In adopting the standards 10
41	41	under subsection (a), the Commission shall limit the appli-11
42	42	cation of such standards to consumer products as defined 12
43	43	in section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 13
44	44	U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)). 14
45	45	(c) R
46	46	EVISION OFVOLUNTARYSTANDARDS.— 15
47	47	(1) N
48	48	OTICE TO COMMISSION.—If the provisions 16
49	49	of ANSI/CAN/UL 2271–Standard for Batteries for 17
50	50	Use in Light Electric Vehicle Applications, ANSI/ 18
51	51	CAN/UL 2849–Standard for Safety for Electrical 19
52	52	Systems for eBikes, or ANSI/CAN/UL 2272–Stand-20
53	53	ard for Electrical Systems for Personal E-Mobility 21
54	54	Devices, are revised following the enactment of this 22
55	55	Act, the organization that revised the requirements 23
56	56	of such standard shall notify the Commission after 24
57	57	the final approval of the revision. 25
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61	61	(2) TREATMENT OF REVISION .—The revised 1
62	62	voluntary standard shall be considered to be a con-2
63	63	sumer product safety standard issued by the Com-3
64	64	mission under section 9 of the Consumer Product 4
65	65	Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days 5
66	66	after the date on which the organization notifies the 6
67	67	Commission (or such later date specified by the 7
68	68	Commission in the Federal Register) unless, within 8
69	69	90 days after receiving that notice, the Commission 9
70	70	notifies the organization that it has determined that 10
71	71	the proposed revision, in whole or in part, does not 11
72	72	improve the safety of the consumer product covered 12
73	73	by the standard and that the Commission is retain-13
74	74	ing the existing consumer product safety standard. 14
75	75	(d) T
76	76	REATMENT OF STANDARD.—A standard pro-15
77	77	mulgated under this section, including a revision of such 16
78	78	standard adopted by the Commission, shall be treated as 17
79	79	a consumer product safety rule promulgated under section 18
80	80	9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 19
81	81	(e) R
82	82	EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 20
83	83	(1) I
84	84	N GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 21
85	85	the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 22
86	86	shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 23
87	87	Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 24
88	88	Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 25
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92	92	of Representatives, a report regarding fires, explo-1
93	93	sions, and other hazards relating to lithium-ion bat-2
94	94	teries used in micromobility products during the pe-3
95	95	riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 4
96	96	and ending on the report date. 5
97	97	(2) C
98	98	ONTENT.—The report required by para-6
99	99	graph (1) shall describe, at a minimum— 7
100	100	(A) the source of the information that was 8
101	101	provided to the Commission regarding the fire, 9
102	102	explosion, or other hazard; 10
103	103	(B) the make and model of the lithium-ion 11
104	104	battery and micromobility product that resulted 12
105	105	in a fire, explosion, or other hazard, if known; 13
106	106	(C) whether a lithium-ion battery involved 14
107	107	in a fire, explosion, or other hazard complied 15
108	108	with the standard required by this section, if 16
109	109	known; and 17
110	110	(D) if known, the manufacturer and coun-18
111	111	try of manufacture of a lithium-ion battery that 19
112	112	resulted in a fire, explosion, or other hazard. 20
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