BRACE Act

New subsection (c) requires the EPA Administrator to issue a rule on lithium-ion battery universal waste management within 18 months of enactment, with specific topics to consider including tailored requirements, critical mineral recovery support, and safety gap closures.

The interim requirements in section (b) are strengthened from hypothetical language ('would apply if') to mandatory language ('shall apply as if'), making compliance with large quantity handler standards legally binding rather than merely illustrative.

Section (b) is retitled from 'Universal waste regulations for lithium-ion batteries' to 'Interim requirements for lithium-ion batteries' and now explicitly expires when the Administrator issues the rule under new subsection (c), making it a temporary measure rather than a permanent standard.

Two new definitions are added: 'Administrator' (defined as the EPA Administrator) and 'Battery' (defined by reference to 40 CFR 273.9).

A citation typo is corrected in section (b)(1): '272.37' is changed to '273.37', fixing a reference to the correct Code of Federal Regulations section.

Section 3's amendment language is made more precise by specifying 'the regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency at 60 Fed. Reg. 25492' rather than just citing the Federal Register page number.