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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 Infrastruc-
ture 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Charging Elec-
trical Bikes and Scooters Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SAFE CHARGING ELECTRICAL BICYCLE AND SCOOT-
ER GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish a program under which the Secretary may 
award grants to local governments for eligible projects to 
construct safe charging stations located in eligible publicly 
accessible locations. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Eligible projects under 
this section include any project to acquire or install safe 
lithium-ion battery power stations and storage for electric 
bicycles or scooters in public places. 
(c) ELIGIBLE LOCATIONS.—An eligible project re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall be located in an 
eligible publicly accessible location, including any public 
road or other publicly accessible locations, such as parking 
facilities at public buildings, public schools, libraries, and 
public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities 
owned or managed by private entities. 
(d) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding section 151 of title 
23, United States Code, the Secretary may use up to 
$100,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out 
such section for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3. CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM AND CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
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portation shall develop an educational program and re-
lated resources to inform the public about the health and 
safety risks relating to the following: 
(1) The recommendation that customers should 
always buy lithium-ion batteries and electric bicycles 
and scooters that have been certified by a nationally 
accredited testing laboratory, which performs safety 
testing. 
(2) Ensuring use of a charger that is compat-
ible with the lithium-ion battery that the charger is 
charging. 
(3) Lithium-ion batteries showing signs that 
such batteries are in need of replacement if such 
batteries heat up, expand, or take longer than usual 
to charge. 
(4) Recommendations from experts for storing 
lithium-ion batteries in fireproof containers. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the educational program and related resources 
developed under paragraph (1) are available to and readily 
accessible by the public on the website of the Department 
of Transportation. 
SEC. 4. STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall conduct a study on the number 
of uncertified lithium-ion batteries for electric bicy-
cles and scooters that are currently available in the 
United States market as well as affordability and 
availability of certified lithium-ion batteries. 
(2) ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION.—In carrying 
out the study under this subsection, the Secretary 
may identify market barriers to the availability of 
certified and affordable lithium-ion batteries for elec-
tric bicycles and scooters. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with rel-
evant stakeholders, including United States manufactur-
ers of electric bicycles and scooters and lithium-ion bat-
teries, consumer advocacy groups, labor groups or unions, 
and consumer safety organizations. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the com-
pletion of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the results of such 
study and any recommendations for legislative or regu-
latory action to ensure that more certified and affordable 
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lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles and scooters are 
available in the United States market. 
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