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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.
Summary
This bill expands federal fire prevention and safety programs to specifically address lithium-ion battery fires. It defines lithium-ion thermal runaway (uncontrolled temperature increases in batteries) and adds suppressing such fires as a goal for fire training and prevention programs. The bill allows federal funding to be used for programs to suppress fires resulting from lithium-ion battery thermal runaway, addressing an emerging fire safety hazard from rechargeable batteries.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Mar 12, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. · house
- Mar 12, 2026 Introduced in House
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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
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.”. <all>
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