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date as the Commission determines appropriate), such revised 
voluntary standard in whole or in part shall be considered 
to be a consumer product safety rule promulgated under section 
9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), in 
place of the prior version, unless, within 90 days after receiving 
the notice, the Commission notifies the organization that the 
revised voluntary standard, in whole or in part, does not 
improve the safety of the consumer product covered by the 
standard and that the Commission is retaining all or part 
of the existing consumer product safety standard. 
(g) FUTURE RULEMAKING.—At any time after the promulgation 
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 revised 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 require-
ments 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, distributed 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 accordance with the standards provided in section 
1700.15 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
regulation), as determined through testing in accordance with the 
method described in section 1700.20 of title 16, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulation), or another 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 button 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 
Batteries (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 technology 
used to produce an electrical charge, that is determined 
by the Commission to pose an ingestion hazard. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Con-
sumer 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, 
regardless of whether such batteries are intended to be replaced 
by the consumer or are included with the product or sold 
separately. 
(5) TOY
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘toy product’’ means any 
object designed, manufactured, or marketed as a plaything 
for children under 14 years of age. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The standard promulgated under section 2(a) and the require-
ments of section 3(a) shall only apply to a product that is manufac-
tured or imported after the effective date of such standard or 
requirement. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.