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Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-04","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-04-28","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h103","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act","result":"Passed","yea":365,"nay":42,"present":0,"not_voting":25,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll103.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2025-04-29"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-04","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":73},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to adopt three named UL safety standards for lithium-ion batteries and related electrical systems in e-bikes and other micromobility products as final consumer product safety standards.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973/text/eh#HB4EC765634C3436EAA1C6D655349EE72"}]},"core_areas":["Consumer product safety standards for lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products","Treatment of later revisions to the adopted standards","Consumer Product Safety Commission reporting on battery fires, explosions and other hazards"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission, within 180 days after enactment, to promulgate ANSI/CAN/UL 2271, ANSI/CAN/UL 2849 and ANSI/CA/UL 2272, as in effect on the date of enactment, as final consumer product safety standards.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973/text/eh#HB4EC765634C3436EAA1C6D655349EE72"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission to limit the application of the adopted standards to consumer products as defined in section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973/text/eh#HB4EC765634C3436EAA1C6D655349EE72"}},{"text":"Requires the organization that revises one of the three standards after enactment to notify the Commission after final approval of the revision.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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the text on fires, explosions and other hazards involving lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973/text/eh#HB4EC765634C3436EAA1C6D655349EE72"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-04-28","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/973/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-973.png","v":"6b5c7ee80d39","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 973, 119th Congress: Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act. House: 365 Yea, 42 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 28 Apr 2025."}}