H.R. 7929

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7929 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7929

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue certain regulations 
with respect to the safe transportation of lithium-ion cells or 
batteries, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 12, 2026

Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue certain regulations 
with respect to the safe transportation of lithium-ion cells or 
batteries, and for other purposes.

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 ``Firefighter Lithium-ion Awareness 
and Readiness Enhancement Act'' or the ``FLARE Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING ACCESS TO THERMAL RUNAWAY SUPPRESSION TOOLS.

Section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph 
(11);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
``(7) Lithium-ion cell or battery.--The term `lithium-ion 
cell or battery'--
``(A) means a rechargeable electrochemical cell or 
battery in which the positive and negative electrodes 
are both intercalation compounds constructed with no 
metallic lithium in either electrode; but
``(B) does not include a cell or battery described 
in subsections (c) and (g)(2) of section 173.185 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.''; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 
redesignated) the following:
``(10) Thermal runaway.--The term `thermal runaway' means 
an uncontrolled increase of cell temperature caused by 
exothermic reactions inside cells and batteries, including 
lithium-ion cells or batteries.'';
(2) in subsection (c)(3)(A)--
(A) in clause (iv) by striking ``or'' at the end;
(B) in clause (v) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ``, including lithium-ion cells or 
batteries; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) suppressing fires resulting from 
thermal runaway.''; and
(3) in subsection (d)(3)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) as 
subparagraph (F); and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
following:
``(E) To fund programs to suppress fires resulting 
from thermal runaway.''.
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