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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1665 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to provide 

grants to local governments to install publicly accessible safety charging 

stations for electric bicycles and scooters, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2023 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. MENG, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, and Mr. GOLDMAN of New York) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 

program to provide grants to local governments to install 

publicly accessible safety charging stations for electric 

bicycles and scooters, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Charging Elec5 trical Bikes and Scooters Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SAFE CHARGING ELECTRICAL BICYCLE AND SCOOT2 ER GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

4 shall establish a program under which the Secretary may 

5 award grants to local governments for eligible projects to 

6 construct safe charging stations located in eligible publicly 

7 accessible locations. 

8 (b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Eligible projects under 

9 this section include any project to acquire or install safe 

10 lithium-ion battery power stations and storage for electric 

11 bicycles or scooters in public places. 

12 (c) ELIGIBLE LOCATIONS.—An eligible project re13 ceiving a grant under this section shall be located in an 

14 eligible publicly accessible location, including any public 

15 road or other publicly accessible locations, such as parking 

16 facilities at public buildings, public schools, libraries, and 

17 public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities 

18 owned or managed by private entities. 

19 (d) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding section 151 of title 

20 23, United States Code, the Secretary may use up to 

21 $100,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out 

22 such section for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 

23 to carry out this section. 

24 SEC. 3. CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM AND CAMPAIGN. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

26 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of TransVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 Mar 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1665.IH H1665

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1 portation shall develop an educational program and re2 lated resources to inform the public about the health and 

3 safety risks relating to the following: 

4 (1) The recommendation that customers should 

5 always buy lithium-ion batteries and electric bicycles 

6 and scooters that have been certified by a nationally 

7 accredited testing laboratory, which performs safety 

8 testing. 

9 (2) Ensuring use of a charger that is compat10 ible with the lithium-ion battery that the charger is 

11 charging. 

12 (3) Lithium-ion batteries showing signs that 

13 such batteries are in need of replacement if such 

14 batteries heat up, expand, or take longer than usual 

15 to charge. 

16 (4) Recommendations from experts for storing 

17 lithium-ion batteries in fireproof containers. 

18 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall en19 sure that the educational program and related resources 

20 developed under paragraph (1) are available to and readily 

21 accessible by the public on the website of the Department 

22 of Transportation. 

23 SEC. 4. STUDY. 

24 (a) STUDY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 Transportation shall conduct a study on the number 

4 of uncertified lithium-ion batteries for electric bicy5 cles and scooters that are currently available in the 

6 United States market as well as affordability and 

7 availability of certified lithium-ion batteries. 

8 (2) ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION.—In carrying 

9 out the study under this subsection, the Secretary 

10 may identify market barriers to the availability of 

11 certified and affordable lithium-ion batteries for elec12 tric bicycles and scooters. 

13 (b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study 

14 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with rel15 evant stakeholders, including United States manufactur16 ers of electric bicycles and scooters and lithium-ion bat17 teries, consumer advocacy groups, labor groups or unions, 

18 and consumer safety organizations. 

19 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the com20 pletion of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary 

21 shall submit to Congress a report on the results of such 

22 study and any recommendations for legislative or regu23 latory action to ensure that more certified and affordable 


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1 lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles and scooters are 

2 available in the United States market. 

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