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Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

Source: Congress.gov · 539 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (an agency that sets safety rules for consumer products) to create a safety standard for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices like electric bicycles and electric scooters. The standard must protect against fires caused by these batteries.

Who It Affects

The Consumer Product Safety Commission must create and enforce the new safety standard. Manufacturers and sellers of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices will need to follow the new standard. Consumers who use electric bicycles, electric scooters and other micromobility devices with these batteries.

Key Provisions

The Consumer Product Safety Commission must create a final safety standard for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in micromobility devices within 180 days after the bill becomes law. This standard must protect against fire risks. (Sec. 2(a)) The Consumer Product Safety Commission will decide which specific types of batteries and micromobility devices fall under this safety standard based on what is reasonably necessary to prevent fires. (Sec. 2(b)) The new safety standard will be treated as an official consumer product safety rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act. (Sec. 2(c))

What Changes

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices will have to meet a new federal safety standard designed to prevent fires.

Important Definitions

None defined in the bill text.

II Calendar No. 718 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1008 To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a con- sumer product safety standard with respect to rechargeable lithium- ion batteries used in micromobility devices, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 28, 2023 Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRAUN, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, without amendment A BILL To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard with re- spect to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micro- mobility devices, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Setting Consumer 4 Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Dec 18, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1008.RS S1008 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1008 RS SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR CER- 1 TAIN BATTERIES. 2 (a) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE- 3 QUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 4 enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Com- 5 mission shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, 6 United States Code, a final consumer product safety 7 standard for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in 8 micromobility devices within the jurisdiction of the Com- 9 mission, including electric bicycles and electric scooters, 10 to protect against the risk of fires caused by such bat- 11 teries. 12 (b) CPSC DETERMINATION OF SCOPE.—The Con- 13 sumer Product Safety Commission shall specify the types 14 of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and the types of 15 micromobility devices within the jurisdiction of the Com- 16 mission that are within the scope of subsection (a) as part 17 of a standard promulgated under this section, as reason- 18 ably necessary to protect against the risk of fires caused 19 by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in consumer prod- 20 ucts. 21 (c) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A consumer prod- 22 uct safety standard promulgated under subsection (a) 23 shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule promul- 24 gated under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 25 (15 U.S.C. 2058). 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Dec 18, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1008.RS S1008 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Dec 18, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1008.RS S1008 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Calendar No. 718 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1008 A BILL To require the Consumer Product Safety Commis- sion to promulgate a consumer product safety standard with respect to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, and for other purposes. DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Dec 18, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1008.RS S1008 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

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