3041-AD87 202210 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3041 Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Safety Standard for Accessibility of Button and Coin Batteries in Consumer Products and Special Packaging for Button and Coin Batteries

CPSC is aware of fatal and nonfatal incidents involving children ingesting button and coin batteries. Reese’s Law, signed August 16, 2022, directs the Commission to, "Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act promulgate a final consumer product safety standard for button cell or coin batteries and consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries.” In accordance with the law, staff is preparing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) briefing package for Commission consideration in fiscal year 2023. The draft NPRM will address hazards associated with children accessing and ingesting button and coin batteries used in certain consumer products.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined Undetermined Not Yet Determined 5 U.S.C. 553 15 U.S.C. 1472 15 U.S.C. 2056 15 U.S.C. 2058 Statutory Final 08/16/2023 Promulgate a final consumer product safety standard for button cell or coin batteries and consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries. No NPRM Briefing Package to Commission 12/00/2022 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No Daniel Taxier Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences 3041 301 987-2211 dtaxier@cpsc.gov National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville MD 20850