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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 450 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from procuring certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | foreign-made batteries, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | COTTof Florida (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland |
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| 12 | 12 | | Security and Governmental Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from pro- |
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| 15 | 15 | | curing certain foreign-made batteries, and for other pur- |
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| 16 | 16 | | poses. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling from For-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | eign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN BATTERIES. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Beginning on October 1, 2027, 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or other-9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 450 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | wise made available for the Department of Homeland Se-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | curity may be obligated to procure a battery produced by 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | an entity specified in subsection (b). 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) E |
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| 34 | 34 | | NTITIESSPECIFIED.—The entities specified in 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | this subsection are the following: 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) Contemporary Amperex Technology Com-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | pany, Limited (also known as ‘‘CATL’’). 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) BYD Company, Limited. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) Envision Energy, Limited. 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) EVE Energy Company, Limited. 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) Gotion High-tech Company, Limited. 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (6) Hithium Energy Storage Technology com-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | pany, Limited. 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (7) Any entity on any list required under 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | clauses (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) of section 2(d)(2)(B) of 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to ensure that goods made 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | with forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous Re-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | gion of the People’s Republic of China do not enter 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the United States market, and for other purposes’’, 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | approved December 23, 2021 (Public Law 117–78; 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) (commonly referred to as the 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’’). 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (8) Any entity identified by the Secretary of 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Defense as a Chinese military company pursuant to 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •S 450 IS |
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| 59 | 59 | | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note). 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (9) Any entity included in Supplement No. 4 to 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | any successor regulation. 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (10) Any subsidiary or successor to an entity 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | specified in paragraphs (1) through (9). 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (c) T |
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| 67 | 67 | | REATMENT OF PRODUCTION.—For purposes of 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | this section, a battery shall be treated as produced by an 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | entity specified in subsection (b) if such entity— 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) assembles or manufactures the final product 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | that uses such battery; or 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) creates or otherwise provides a majority of 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the components used in such battery. 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (d) W |
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| 75 | 75 | | AIVERS.— 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (1) R |
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| 77 | 77 | | ELATING TO ASSESSMENT .—The Secretary 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | of Homeland Security may waive the limitation 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | under subsection (a) if the Secretary assesses in the 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | affirmative all of the following: 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (A) The batteries to be procured do not 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | pose a national security, data, or infrastructure 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | risk to the United States. 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (B) There is no available alternative to 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | procure batteries that are— 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | •S 450 IS |
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| 89 | 89 | | (i) of similar or better cost and qual-1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ity; and 2 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (ii) produced by an entity not speci-3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | fied in subsection (b). 4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (2) R |
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| 94 | 94 | | ELATING TO RESEARCH .—The Secretary 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | of Homeland Security may waive the limitation 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | that the batteries to be procured are for the sole 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | purpose of research, evaluation, training, testing, or 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | analysis. 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (3) C |
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| 101 | 101 | | ONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION .—Not later 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | than 15 days after granting a waiver under this sub-12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | resentatives a notification relating thereto. 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (e) R |
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| 109 | 109 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | rity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | tives a report on the anticipated impacts on mission and 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | costs on the Department of Homeland Security associated 24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | •S 450 IS |
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| 119 | 119 | | with carrying out this section, including with respect to 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | the following components of the Department: 2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in-3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | cluding the U.S. Border Patrol. 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ment, including Homeland Security Investigations. 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (3) The United States Secret Service. 7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (4) The Transportation Security Administra-8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | tion. 9 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (5) The United States Coast Guard. 10 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (6) The Federal Protective Service. 11 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (7) The Federal Emergency Management Agen-12 |
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| 131 | 131 | | cy. 13 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (8) The Federal Law Enforcement Training 14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Centers. 15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (9) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | rity Agency. 17 |
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