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Union Calendar No. 344 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5313 
[Report No. 117–440] 
To protect children and other consumers against hazards associated with 
the accidental 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mr. ARRINGTON, and Mr. LIEU) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
JULY 26, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. 
PALAZZO, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. SOTO, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. KATKO, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. WILD, 
Mr. PETERS, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and 
Ms. CRAIG 
JULY 26, 2022 
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 September 21, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To protect children and other consumers against hazards 
associated with the accidental 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 con-
sumer products that use such batteries, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Reese’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR BUT-
TON CELL OR COIN BATTERIES AND CON-
SUMER PRODUCTS CONTAINING SUCH BAT-
TERIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, in ac-
cordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
promulgate a final consumer product safety standard for 
button cell or coin batteries and consumer products con-
taining button cell or coin batteries that shall only con-
tain— 
(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 ade-
quately 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— 
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(A) to be included on the packaging of but-
ton 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 con-
taining 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 consumer, to be included di-
rectly on the consumer product in a manner 
that is visible to the consumer upon access 
to the battery compartment, except that if it 
is impracticable to label the product, this 
information shall be placed on the pack-
aging or instructions. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR WARNING LABELS.—Warn-
ing labels required under subsection (a)(2) shall— 
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(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 in-
gested, and to follow any other consensus medical ad-
vice. 
(c) TREATMENT OF STANDARD FOR ENFORCEMENT 
PURPOSES.—A consumer product safety standard promul-
gated under subsection (a) shall be treated as a consumer 
product safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR RELIANCE ON VOLUNTARY STAND-
ARD.— 
(1) BEFORE PROMULGATION OF STANDARD BY 
COMMISSION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Commission determines, before the Commission pro-
mulgates 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)— 
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(i) is in effect at the time of the deter-
mination 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
PUB-
LISHED 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 EN-
FORCEMENT PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Commission makes a 
determination under subsection (d) with respect to a 
voluntary standard, the requirements of such vol-
untary standard shall be treated as a consumer prod-
uct 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 
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(g) FUTURE RULEMAKING.—At any time after the pro-
mulgation of a final consumer product safety standard 
under subsection (a), a voluntary standard is treated as a 
consumer product safety rule under subsection (e), or a re-
vised voluntary standard becomes enforceable as a consumer 
product safety rule under subsection (f), the Commission 
may initiate a rulemaking in accordance with section 553 
of title 5, United States Code, to modify the requirements 
of the standard or revised standard. Any rule promulgated 
under this subsection shall be treated as a consumer product 
safety rule promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 
SEC. 3. CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING FOR BUTTON CELL 
OR COIN BATTERIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, any button cell or coin 
battery sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distrib-
uted in commerce, or imported into the United States, or 
included separately with a consumer product sold, offered 
for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or 
imported into the United States, shall be packaged in ac-
cordance with the standards provided in section 1700.15 of 
title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu-
lation), as determined through testing in accordance with 
the method described in section 1700.20 of title 16, Code 
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of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), or an-
other test method for button cell or coin battery packaging 
specified, by rule, by the Commission. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement of subsection (a) 
shall be treated as a standard for the special packaging of 
a household substance established under section 3(a) of the 
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 
1472(a)). 
SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING 
STANDARD. 
The standards promulgated under this Act shall not 
apply with respect to any toy product that is in compliance 
with the battery accessibility and labeling requirements of 
part 1250 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, and in 
reference to section 3(a), shall not apply with respect to but-
ton cell or coin batteries that are in compliance with the 
marking and packaging provisions of the ANSI Safety 
Standard for Portable Lithium Primary Cells and Bat-
teries (ANSI C18.3M). 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BUTTON CELL OR COIN BATTERY.—The term 
‘‘button cell or coin battery’’ means— 
(A) a single cell battery with a diameter 
greater than the height of the battery; or 
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(B) any other battery, regardless of the tech-
nology used to produce an electrical charge, that 
is determined by the Commission to pose an in-
gestion hazard. 
(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
(3) CONSUMER PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘consumer 
product’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2052(a)). 
(4) CONSUMER
PRODUCT
CONTAINING
BUTTON 
CELL
OR
COIN
BATTERIES.—The term ‘‘consumer 
product containing button cell or coin batteries’’ 
means a consumer product containing or designed to 
use one or more button cell or coin batteries, regard-
less of whether such batteries are intended to be re-
placed by the consumer or are included with the prod-
uct or sold separately. 
(5) TOY
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘toy product’’ 
means any object designed, manufactured, or mar-
keted as a plaything for children under 14 years of 
age. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The standard promulgated under section 2(a) and the 
requirements of section 3(a) shall only apply to a product 
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that is manufactured or imported after the effective date 
of such standard or requirement. 
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Union Calendar No. 344 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5313 
[Report No. 117–440] 
A BILL 
To protect children and other consumers against 
hazards associated with the accidental ingestion 
of button cell or coin batteries by requiring the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to pro-
mulgate a consumer product safety standard to 
require child-resistant closures on consumer 
products that use such batteries, and for other 
purposes. 
JULY 26, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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