Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

• •The Consumer Product Safety Commission must adopt ANSI/CAN/UL 2271, 2849, and 2272 as mandatory federal consumer product safety standards within 180 days of enactment.
• •The new standards apply specifically to consumer products as defined in section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
• •Organizations that revise these voluntary standards must notify the Commission of changes.
• •Revised voluntary standards automatically become federal standards 180 days after notification unless the Commission rejects them for failing to improve safety.
• •The Commission has 90 days after receiving notice of a revised standard to reject it.
• •The Commission must submit a report to Congress within 5 years detailing fires, explosions, and hazards related to lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.
• •The five-year report must include the source of hazard information, make and model of the product, compliance status of the battery, and the manufacturer/country of origin if known.

This bill would make existing voluntary safety standards for e-bike and e-scooter batteries mandatory federal requirements, potentially changing the manufacturing and import standards for these products within 180 days of enactment.

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