[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1797 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1797

   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a 
 consumer product safety standard with respect to rechargeable lithium-
  ion batteries used in micromobility devices, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2023

 Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. Garbarino, Ms. Clarke of New 
  York, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Bowman, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Espaillat, and Mr. 
Goldman of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a 
 consumer product safety standard with respect to rechargeable lithium-
  ion batteries used in micromobility devices, and for other purposes.

    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 shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, a final consumer product safety standard for 
rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices within 
the jurisdiction of the Commission, including electric bicycles and 
electric scooters, to protect against the risk of fires caused by such 
batteries.
    (b) CPSC Determination of Scope.--The Consumer Product Safety 
Commission shall specify the types of rechargeable lithium-ion 
batteries and the types of micromobility devices within the 
jurisdiction of the Commission that are within the scope of subsection 
(a) as part of a standard promulgated under this section, as reasonably 
necessary to protect against the risk of fires caused by rechargeable 
lithium-ion batteries in consumer products.
    (c) Treatment of Standard.--A consumer product safety standard 
promulgated under subsection (a) shall be treated as a consumer product 
safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2058).
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