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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1166
5	5	To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from procuring certain
6	6	foreign-made batteries, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY10, 2025
9	9	Mr. G
10	10	IMENEZ(for himself, Mr. GREENof Tennessee, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr.
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12	12	FLUGER, and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
13	13	ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from pro-
16	16	curing certain foreign-made batteries, and for other pur-
17	17	poses.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling from For-4
22	22	eign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 6
24	24	PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN BATTERIES. 7
25	25	(a) I
26	26	NGENERAL.—Beginning on October 1, 2027, 8
27	27	none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or other-9
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30	30	•HR 1166 IH
31	31	wise made available for the Department of Homeland Se-1
32	32	curity may be obligated to procure a battery produced by 2
33	33	an entity specified in subsection (b). 3
34	34	(b) E
35	35	NTITIESSPECIFIED.—The entities specified in 4
36	36	this subsection are the following: 5
37	37	(1) Contemporary Amperex Technology Com-6
38	38	pany, Limited (also known as ‘‘CATL’’). 7
39	39	(2) BYD Company, Limited. 8
40	40	(3) Envision Energy, Limited. 9
41	41	(4) EVE Energy Company, Limited. 10
42	42	(5) Gotion High tech Company, Limited. 11
43	43	(6) Hithium Energy Storage Technology com-12
44	44	pany, Limited. 13
45	45	(7) Any entity on any list required under 14
46	46	clauses (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) of section 2(d)(2)(B) of 15
47	47	Public Law 117–78 (commonly referred to as the 16
48	48	‘‘Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’’). 17
49	49	(8) Any entity identified by the Secretary of 18
50	50	Defense as a Chinese military company pursuant to 19
51	51	section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 20
52	52	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 21
53	53	2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note). 22
54	54	(9) Any entity included in Supplement No. 4 to 23
55	55	part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or 24
56	56	any successor regulation. 25
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60	60	(10) Any subsidiary or successor to an entity 1
61	61	specified in paragraphs (1) through (9). 2
62	62	(c) T
63	63	REATMENT OF PRODUCTION.—For purposes of 3
64	64	this section, a battery shall be treated as produced by an 4
65	65	entity specified in subsection (b) if such entity— 5
66	66	(1) assembles or manufactures the final product 6
67	67	that uses such battery; or 7
68	68	(2) creates or otherwise provides a majority of 8
69	69	the components used in such battery. 9
70	70	(d) W
71	71	AIVERS.— 10
72	72	(1) R
73	73	ELATING TO ASSESSMENT .—The Secretary 11
74	74	of Homeland Security may waive the prohibition 12
75	75	under subsection (a) if the Secretary assesses in the 13
76	76	affirmative all of the following: 14
77	77	(A) The batteries to be procured do not 15
78	78	pose a national security, data, or infrastructure 16
79	79	risk to the United States. 17
80	80	(B) There is no available alternative to 18
81	81	procure batteries that are— 19
82	82	(i) of similar or better cost and qual-20
83	83	ity; and 21
84	84	(ii) produced by an entity not speci-22
85	85	fied in subsection (b). 23
86	86	(2) R
87	87	ELATING TO RESEARCH .—The Secretary 24
88	88	of Homeland Security may waive the prohibition 25
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92	92	under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines 1
93	93	that the batteries to be procured are for the sole 2
94	94	purpose of research, evaluation, training, testing, or 3
95	95	analysis. 4
96	96	(3) C
97	97	ONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION .—Not later 5
98	98	than 15 days after granting a waiver under this sub-6
99	99	section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 7
100	100	submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 8
101	101	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 9
102	102	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 10
103	103	Senate a notification relating thereto. 11
104	104	(e) R
105	105	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 12
106	106	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 13
107	107	Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-14
108	108	curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 15
109	109	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 16
110	110	Senate a report on the anticipated impacts on mission and 17
111	111	costs on the Department of Homeland Security associated 18
112	112	with carrying out this section, including with respect to 19
113	113	following components of the Department: 20
114	114	(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in-21
115	115	cluding the U.S. Border Patrol. 22
116	116	(2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-23
117	117	ment, including Homeland Security Investigations. 24
118	118	(3) The United States Secret Service. 25
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122	122	(4) The Transportation Security Administra-1
123	123	tion. 2
124	124	(5) The United States Coast Guard. 3
125	125	(6) The Federal Protective Service. 4
126	126	(7) The Federal Emergency Management Agen-5
127	127	cy. 6
128	128	(8) The Federal Law Enforcement Training 7
129	129	Centers. 8
130	130	(9) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-9
131	131	rity Agency. 10
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