H.R. 7929

119 HR 7929 IH: Firefighter Lithium-ion Awareness and Readiness Enhancement Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-12
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7929  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Firefighter Lithium-ion Awareness and Readiness Enhancement Act   or the   FLARE Act  .
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.
 .