Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act
Officially: “Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act” Read the full text
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1Short title
This section would give the Act a short title: the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act .
2Consumer product safety standard for certain batteries
This section would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission, not later than 180 days after enactment, to use the notice-and-comment rulemaking process in section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to issue three named industry standards as final consumer product safety standards: the ANSI/CAN/UL 2271 standard for batteries used in light electric vehicles, the ANSI/CAN/UL 2849 standard for electrical systems in e-bikes, and the ANSI/CA/UL 2272 standard for electrical systems in personal e-mobility devices, each as those standards read on the date of enactment. In adopting these standards, the Commission would have to limit their application to consumer products as defined in section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)). If any of the three industry standards is later revised, the organization that revised it would have to notify the Commission after the revision receives final approval. That revised standard would then be treated as 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 organization's notice to the Commission (or a later date the Commission specifies in the Federal Register), unless, within 90 days after receiving the 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 covered consumer product and that the Commission is keeping the existing standard instead. Any standard put in place under this section, including a revision the Commission accepts this way, would be treated as a consumer product safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act. Not later than 5 years after enactment, the Commission would have to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce about fires, explosions, and other hazards involving lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility products, covering the period from the date of enactment through the date of the report. The report would have to describe, at a minimum: the source of the information the Commission received about each fire, explosion, or other hazard; the make and model of the battery and the micromobility product involved, if known; whether the battery involved complied with the standard required by this section, if known; and, if known, the manufacturer and country of manufacture of the battery.
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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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