Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Beginning October 1, 2027, the bill bars the Department of Homeland Security from obligating funds to procure batteries produced by specified foreign entities (named Chinese battery firms, entities on certain forced-labor or sanctions lists, DoD-identified Chinese military companies, and their subsidiaries/successors). A battery is treated as produced by a listed entity if that entity assembles the final product or supplies a majority of components.
Progressives emphasize human-rights and domestic job investments.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear, targeted statutory prohibition affecting DHS procurement with reasonably specific mechanisms and defined responsible authority.
Beginning October 1, 2027, the bill bars the Department of Homeland Security from obligating funds to procure batteries produced by specified foreign entities (named Chinese battery firms, entities on certain forced-labor or sanctions lists, DoD-identified Chinese military companies, and their subsidiaries/successors).
A battery is treated as produced by a listed entity if that entity assembles the final product or supplies a majority of components.
The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant waivers after specified assessments or for research, must notify Congress within 15 days of a waiver, and must report within 180 days after enactment on anticipated mission and cost impacts across DHS components.
Modest chance: administratively focused and national-security framed (helps support), but procurement cost, implementation complexity, and potential pushback lower probability.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear, targeted statutory prohibition affecting DHS procurement with reasonably specific mechanisms and defined responsible authority. It integrates with existing lists and statutes and supplies waiver and reporting mechanisms, but it lacks substantive fiscal provisions, detailed compliance/verification processes, and enforcement/transition provisions that would be expected given the potentially wide operational impact.
Progressives emphasize human-rights and domestic job investments.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize human-rights and domestic job investments.
Likely supportive of removing DHS reliance on firms tied to forced labor or Chinese military connections, viewing the bill as advancing human-rights and supply-chain ethics.
Would press for parallel investments in domestic clean-energy jobs, worker protections, and environmental standards to avoid creating new injustices or merely shifting harms.
Generally favorable on national-security grounds but cautious about implementation cost, timing, and readiness of alternative suppliers.
Wants clear, evidence-based assessments, tight waiver controls, and a cost/mission impact plan before full implementation.
Strongly supportive as a national-security and economic-security measure to decouple DHS from Chinese and adversary-linked battery suppliers.
Views the prohibition as sensible protection against espionage, supply disruption, and strategic dependence.
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Modest chance: administratively focused and national-security framed (helps support), but procurement cost, implementation complexity, and potential pushback lower probability.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize human-rights and domestic job investments.
Modest chance: administratively focused and national-security framed (helps support), but procurement cost, implementation complexity, and…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear, targeted statutory prohibition affecting DHS procurement with reasonably specific mechanisms and defined responsible authority. It integrates with existin…
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