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Union Calendar No. 370 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1797 

[Report No. 118–446] 

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

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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Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

MULLIN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. MENG, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARSON, 

Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, and Mr. 

MOLINARO

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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 24, 2023] 


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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. 


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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 ‘‘Setting Consumer 

5 Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR CER7 TAIN BATTERIES. 

8 (a) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD RE9 QUIRED.— 

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

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer 

12 Product Safety Commission shall promulgate, under 

13 section 553 of title 5, United States Code, a final con14 sumer product safety standard for rechargeable lith15 ium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, in16 cluding electric bicycles and electric scooters, to pro17 tect against the risk of fires caused by such batteries. 

18 (2) INCLUSION OF RELATED EQUIPMENT.—The 

19 standard promulgated under paragraph (1) shall in20 clude requirements with respect to equipment related 

21 to or used with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries 

22 used in micromobility devices, including battery char23 gers, charging cables, external terminals on battery 

24 packs, external terminals on micromobility devices, 

25 and free-standing stations used for recharging. 


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1 (b) CPSC DETERMINATION OF SCOPE.—In promul2 gating the standard under subsection (a), the Commission 

3 shall determine the types of products subject to the standard 

4 and shall ensure that such products are— 

5 (1) within the jurisdiction of the Commission; 

6 and 

7 (2) reasonably necessary to include to protect 

8 against the risk of fires. 

9 (c) MODIFICATIONS.—At any time after the promulga10 tion of the standard under subsection (a), the Commission 

11 may, through a rulemaking under section 553 of title 5, 

12 United States Code, modify the requirements of the stand13 ard. 

14 (d) TREATMENT OF STANDARD.—A standard promul15 gated under this section, including a modification of such 

16 standard, shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule 

17 promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safe18 ty Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 


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Union Calendar No. 370 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1797 

[Report No. 118–446] 

A BILL 

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

APRIL 5, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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