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On June 9, 2011, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which has jurisdiction over consumer protection and product safety, introduced new legislation (S. 1165) that would regulate all consumer products that contain lithium or button cell batteries
In August 2008 the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act ("CPSIA") became law, imposing sweeping changes in consumer product regulatory requirements and beefing up enforcement tools to enhance product safety
