Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a final consumer product safety rule for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, such as electric bikes and electric scooters.

Specifically, the rule must require manufacturers and distributors of such products to comply with the applicable safety standards jointly established by the American National Standards Institute, the Standards Council of Canada, and UL Solutions Inc.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 973 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 973

       To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2025

 Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. Garbarino, Ms. Clarke of New 
  York, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
       To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Setting Consumer Standards for 
Lithium-Ion Batteries Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR CERTAIN BATTERIES.

    (a) Consumer Product Safety Standard Required.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission (referred to in this section as the ``Commission'') 
shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, the 
provisions of ANSI/CAN/UL 2271-Standard for Batteries for Use in Light 
Electric Vehicle Applications, ANSI/CAN/UL 2849-Standard for Safety for 
Electrical Systems for eBikes, and ANSI/CA/UL 2272-Standard for 
Electrical Systems for Personal E-Mobility Devices, as in effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act, as final consumer product safety 
standards.
    (b) Consumer Product Safety Commission Determination of Scope.--In 
adopting the standards under subsection (a), the Commission shall limit 
the application of such standards to consumer products as defined in 
section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2052(a)(5)).
    (c) Revision of Voluntary Standards.--
            (1) Notice to commission.--If the provisions of ANSI/CAN/UL 
        2271-Standard for Batteries for Use in Light Electric Vehicle 
        Applications, ANSI/CAN/UL 2849-Standard for Safety for 
        Electrical Systems for eBikes, or ANSI/CAN/UL 2272-Standard for 
        Electrical Systems for Personal E-Mobility Devices, are revised 
        following the enactment of this Act, the organization that 
        revised the requirements of such standard shall notify the 
        Commission after the final approval of the revision.
            (2) Treatment of revision.--The revised voluntary standard 
        shall be considered to be a consumer product safety standard 
        issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer 
        Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after 
        the date on which the organization notifies the Commission (or 
        such later date specified by the Commission in the Federal 
        Register) unless, within 90 days after receiving that notice, 
        the Commission notifies the organization that it has determined 
        that the proposed revision, in whole or in part, does not 
        improve the safety of the consumer product covered by the 
        standard and that the Commission is retaining the existing 
        consumer product safety standard.
    (d) Treatment of Standard.--A standard promulgated under this 
section, including a revision of such standard adopted by the 
Commission, shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule 
promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2058).
    (e) Report to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives, a report regarding fires, explosions, and 
        other hazards relating to lithium-ion batteries used in 
        micromobility products during the period beginning on the date 
        of enactment of this Act and ending on the report date.
            (2) Content.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        describe, at a minimum--
                    (A) the source of the information that was provided 
                to the Commission regarding the fire, explosion, or 
                other hazard;
                    (B) the make and model of the lithium-ion battery 
                and micromobility product that resulted in a fire, 
                explosion, or other hazard, if known;
                    (C) whether a lithium-ion battery involved in a 
                fire, explosion, or other hazard complied with the 
                standard required by this section, if known; and
                    (D) if known, the manufacturer and country of 
                manufacture of a lithium-ion battery that resulted in a 
                fire, explosion, or other hazard.
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