H. R. 5313 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To protect children and other consumers against hazards associated with the acci-
dental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries by requiring the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard to require 
child-resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries, 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 ‘‘Reese’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR BUTTON CELL 
OR COIN BATTERIES AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS CON-
TAINING SUCH BATTERIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, in accordance with 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, promulgate a final con-
sumer product safety standard for button cell or coin batteries 
and consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries 
that shall only contain— 
(1) a performance standard requiring the button cell or 
coin battery compartments of a consumer product containing 
button cell or coin batteries to be secured in a manner that 
would eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury from 
button or coin cell battery ingestion by children that are 6 
years of age or younger during reasonably foreseeable use or 
misuse conditions; and 
(2) warning label requirements— 
(A) to be included on the packaging of button cell 
or coin batteries and the packaging of a consumer product 
containing button cell or coin batteries; 
(B) to be included in any literature, such as a user 
manual, that accompanies a consumer product containing 
button cell or coin batteries; and 
(C) to be included, as practicable— 
(i) directly on a consumer product containing 
button cell or coin batteries in a manner that is visible 
to the consumer upon installation or replacement of 
the button cell or coin battery; or 
(ii) in the case of a product for which the battery 
is not intended to be replaced or installed by the con-
sumer, to be included directly on the consumer product 
in a manner that is visible to the consumer upon 
access to the battery compartment, except that if it
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is impracticable to label the product, this information 
shall be placed on the packaging or instructions. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR WARNING LABELS.—Warning labels 
required under subsection (a)(2) shall— 
(1) clearly identify the hazard of ingestion; and 
(2) instruct consumers, as practicable, to keep new and 
used batteries out of the reach of children, to seek immediate 
medical attention if a battery is ingested, and to follow any 
other consensus medical advice. 
(c) TREATMENT OF STANDARD FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.— 
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). 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR RELIANCE ON VOLUNTARY STANDARD.— 
(1) BEFORE PROMULGATION OF STANDARD BY COMMISSION.— 
Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Commission determines, 
before the Commission promulgates a final consumer product 
safety standard under such subsection, that— 
(A) with respect to any consumer product for which 
there is a voluntary consumer product safety standard 
that meets the requirements for a standard promulgated 
under subsection (a) with respect to such product; and 
(B) the voluntary standard described in subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) is in effect at the time of the determination 
by the Commission; or 
(ii) will be in effect not later than the date that 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) DETERMINATION REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL 
REGISTER.—Any determination made by the Commission under 
this subsection shall be published in the Federal Register. 
(e) TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARY STANDARD FOR ENFORCEMENT 
PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Commission makes a determination 
under subsection (d) with respect to a voluntary standard, 
the requirements of such voluntary standard shall be treated 
as a consumer product safety rule promulgated under section 
9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058) begin-
ning on the date described in paragraph (2). 
(2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in this paragraph 
is the later of— 
(A) the date of the determination of the Commission 
under subsection (d) with respect to the voluntary standard 
described in paragraph (1); or 
(B) the effective date contained in the voluntary 
standard described in paragraph (1). 
(f) REVISION OF VOLUNTARY STANDARD.— 
(1) NOTICE TO COMMISSION.—If a voluntary standard with 
respect to which the Commission has made a determination 
under subsection (d) is subsequently revised, the organization 
that revised the standard shall notify the Commission after 
the final approval of the revision. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF REVISION.—Beginning on the date 
that is 180 days after the Commission is notified of a revised 
voluntary standard described in paragraph (1) (or such later