Battery Safety Placarding Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, within 2 years, to change federal hazardous materials rules so that freight containers, vehicles, and rail cars carrying a certain amount of lithium-ion batteries display an outside placard. The Secretary would set the battery amount that triggers the rule based on battery weight, size, and energy capacity. The placard would have to be visible from all sides and recognizable to law enforcement and first responders. The Secretary would have to study the costs of the rule, including effects on small and rural businesses, consult with transportation, safety, and battery industry groups, brief Congress, and review the quantity thresholds at least every two years.

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Sponsors

• Harriet M. Hageman Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors