,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gibi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjbf,ms4
 ,titus introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,science1 ,space1 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  
batteries1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,firefighter ,lithium-ion ,awareness
 and ,readiness ,enhancement ,act or the
 ,,flare ,act4  #b4 ,increasing access  
to thermal runaway suppression tools    
,section #cc of the ,federal ,fire      
,prevention and ,control ,act of #aigd  
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bbbi7 is amended--  7#a7
 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by            
redesignating paragraph 7#i7 as         
paragraph 7#aa72  7,b7 by redesignating 
paragraphs 7#g7 and 7#h7 as paragraphs  
7#h7 and 7#i71 respectively2  7,c7 by   
inserting after paragraph 7#f7 the      

following3  7#g7 ,lithium-ion cell or   
battery ,the term lithium-ion cell or   
battery-- 7,a7 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 electrode2 but  7,b7 does not    
include a cell or battery described in  
subsections 7c7 and 7g77#b7 of section  
#agc4ahe of title #di1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations4  2 and  7,d7 by inserting
 after paragraph 7#i7 7as so            
redesignated7 the following3  7#aj7     
,thermal runaway ,the term thermal      
runaway means an uncontrolled increase  
of cell temperature caused by exothermic
 reactions inside cells and batteries1  
including lithium-ion cells or          
batteries4  2  7#b7 in subsection       
7c77#c77;,a7--  7,a7 in clause 7iv7 by  
striking or at the end2  7,b7 in clause 
7v7 by striking the period at the end   
and inserting 1 including lithium-ion   
cells or batteries2 or2 and  7,c7 by    

adding at the end the following3  7vi7  
suppressing fires resulting from thermal
 runaway4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection    
7d77#c7-- 7,a7 by redesignating         
subparagraphs 7,e7 as subparagraph 7,f72
 and  7,b7 by inserting after           
subparagraph 7,d7 the following3  7,e7  
,to fund programs to suppress fires     
resulting from thermal runaway4  4