Enact the Battery Safety Placarding Act to require visible hazard placards for containers, vehicles, and rail cars transporting lithium-ion batteries and require the Department of Transportation to review the placarding rules' effectiveness.

The Battery Safety Placarding Act requires the Secretary of Transportation to revise placard requirements for freight containers, unit load devices, transport vehicles, or rail cars moving lithium-ion batteries within two years of passage. This bill requires hazard placards to be visible on all sides of freight containers, unit load devices, transport vehicles, or rail cars and be identifiable by first responders and law enforcement. The Department of Transportation would be required to conduct periodic reviews to monitor the effectiveness of the placarding requirements.

Hageman's bill would require DOT to revise lithium-ion battery placarding rules, mandate visible placards on all sides of transport units, and require periodic effectiveness reviews.

Rep. Hageman Introduces Battery Safety Placarding Act | Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
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By Ms. HAGEMAN: H.R. 10673. A bill to require an external placard to be displayed on containers, vehicles, and rail cars transporting lithium-ion batteries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Congressional Record shows Hageman introduced H.R. 10673 and it was referred to committee, which is concrete effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 156 (Thursday, October 1, 2026)
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The Battery Safety Placarding Act requires the Secretary of Transportation to revise placard requirements for freight containers, unit load devices, transport vehicles, or rail cars moving lithium-ion batteries within two years of passage.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Hageman’s official release describes the bill’s intended placarding requirement, matching the commitment’s substance, but frames it as proposed legislation after introduction.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Rep. Hageman Introduces Battery Safety Placarding Act | Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
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The Department of Transportation would be required to conduct periodic reviews to monitor the effectiveness of the placarding requirements.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official release also includes the promised DOT review component, but as a requirement the bill would impose rather than an enacted obligation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Rep. Hageman Introduces Battery Safety Placarding Act | Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
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Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · Oct 1, 2026 Current status In committee

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A tracker using GovInfo BILLSTATUS/Congress.gov data reports the bill’s current status as in committee, with no indication of passage or enactment as of its last check.

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H.R. 10673 — Battery Safety Placarding Act | Vote Files
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Recorded votes None taken

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The same official-data tracker shows no recorded votes, reinforcing that the bill had not advanced through a passage vote during the lookback window.

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H.R. 10673 — Battery Safety Placarding Act | Vote Files
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