Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

Battery safety rules for micromobility devices

This bill would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to adopt three ANSI/CAN/UL lithium‑ion battery and e‑mobility standards within 180 days. The rule would apply only to "consumer products" as defined in the Consumer Product Safety Act. If those voluntary standards change after enactment, the group that revised them would have to notify the Commission. A revised voluntary standard would become the Commission's safety rule 180 days after that notice unless the Commission says within 90 days the revision does not improve safety. Not later than 5 years after enactment, the Commission would report to the Senate Commerce Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee about fires, explosions, and other hazards involving lithium‑ion batteries in micromobility products. The report would include sources, make and model if known, whether the battery complied with the standard if known, and the manufacturer and country of manufacture if known.