Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

The deadline for CPSC to promulgate the final safety standard was extended from 180 days after enactment to 1 year after enactment.

A new requirement mandates that the standard include requirements for equipment related to or used with lithium-ion batteries in micromobility devices, specifically naming battery chargers, charging cables, external terminals on battery packs, external terminals on micromobility devices, and free-standing recharging stations.

The jurisdiction requirement was restructured: instead of being embedded in the main mandate, it is now a two-part condition in subsection (b) requiring that covered products be both within CPSC jurisdiction and reasonably necessary to include for fire protection.

A new subsection (c) allows CPSC to modify the standard at any time after promulgation through rulemaking under section 553 of title 5, giving the Commission ongoing authority to update requirements.

The treatment-of-standard provision was updated to explicitly state that modifications to the standard are also treated as consumer product safety rules under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act.