Bill Details
S.389 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-07-29 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
Introduced Date
2025-02-04
Policy Area
Commerce
Committees
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Cosponsors
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This bill would set federal safety rules for certain lithium-ion batteries and electric mobility products, such as e-bikes and other personal mobility devices. It tells the Consumer Product Safety Commission to turn three existing safety standards into official consumer safety rules within 180 days. The goal is to reduce the risk of fires, explosions, and other hazards linked to these batteries and products. It also requires the agency to keep up with future updates to those safety standards unless it decides a change would not make products safer. After five years, the agency must report to Congress on battery-related hazards it has seen in micromobility products.
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission would be required to adopt existing safety standards for:
- batteries used in light electric vehicles,
- electrical systems for e-bikes, and
- electrical systems for personal e-mobility devices.
- These rules would apply only to consumer products, not to other kinds of batteries or equipment outside that definition.
- If one of the safety standards is updated later, the new version would generally become the federal safety rule automatically after notice to the commission, unless the commission says the change does not improve safety.
- Within five years, the commission must send Congress a report on fires, explosions, and other hazards involving lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products, including details such as the battery model, the product model, compliance with the standard, and, if known, the manufacturer and country of manufacture.
Official Summaries
Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a final consumer product safety rule for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, such as electric bikes and electric scooters.
Specifically, the rule must require manufacturers and distributors of such products to comply with the applicable safety standards jointly established by the American National Standards Institute, the Standards Council of Canada, and UL Solutions Inc.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 389 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 133
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 389
[Report No. 119-50]
To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 4, 2025
Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr.
Schumer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
July 29, 2025
Reported by Mr. Cruz, with an amendment
[Insert the part printed in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.
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 the ``Setting Consumer Standards for
Lithium-Ion Batteries Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR CERTAIN BATTERIES.
(a) Consumer Product Safety Standard Required.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (referred to in this section as the ``Commission'')
shall promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, the
provisions of ANSI/CAN/UL 2271-Standard for Batteries for Use in Light
Electric Vehicle Applications, ANSI/CAN/UL 2849-Standard for Safety for
Electrical Systems for eBikes, and ANSI/CAN/UL 2272-Standard for
Electrical Systems for Personal E-Mobility Devices, as in effect on the
date of enactment of this Act, as final consumer product safety
standards.
(b) Consumer Product Safety Commission Determination of Scope.--In
adopting the standards under subsection (a), the Commission shall limit
the application of such standards to consumer products as defined in
section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
2052(a)(5)).
(c) Revision of Voluntary Standards.--
(1) Notice to commission.--If the provisions of ANSI/CAN/UL
2271-Standard for Batteries for Use in Light Electric Vehicle
Applications, ANSI/CAN/UL 2849-Standard for Safety for
Electrical Systems for eBikes, or ANSI/CAN/UL 2272-Standard for
Electrical Systems for Personal E-Mobility Devices, are revised
following the enactment of this Act, the organization that
revised the requirements of such standard shall notify the
Commission after the final approval of the revision.
(2) Treatment of revision.--The revised voluntary standard
shall be considered to be a consumer product safety standard
issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after
the date on which the organization notifies the Commission (or
such later date specified by the Commission in the Federal
Register) unless, within 90 days after receiving that notice,
the Commission notifies the organization that it has determined
that the proposed revision, in whole or in part, does not
improve the safety of the consumer product covered by the
standard and that the Commission is retaining the existing
consumer product safety standard.
(d) Treatment of Standard.--A standard promulgated under this
section, including a revision of such standard adopted by the
Commission, shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule
promulgated under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2058).
(e) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives, a report regarding fires, explosions, and
other hazards relating to lithium-ion batteries used in
micromobility products during the period beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act and ending on the report date.
(2) Content.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
describe, at a minimum--
(A) the source of the information that was provided
to the Commission regarding the fire, explosion, or
other hazard;
(B) the make and model of the lithium-ion battery
and micromobility product that resulted in a fire,
explosion, or other hazard, if known;
(C) whether a lithium-ion battery involved in a
fire, explosion, or other hazard complied with the
standard required by this section, if known; and
(D) if known, the manufacturer and country of
manufacture of a lithium-ion battery that resulted in a
fire, explosion, or other hazard.
Calendar No. 133
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 389
[Report No. 119-50]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 29, 2025
Reported with an amendment