[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5190 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5190

 To prohibit the procurement of certain batteries by the Department of 
                                 State.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the procurement of certain batteries by the Department of 
                                 State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Blocking Bad Batteries Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN 
              BATTERIES.

    (a) Limitation.--Beginning on October 1, 2027, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of State 
may be obligated or expended to procure a battery produced by an entity 
specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Entities Specified.--The entities specified in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) Contemporary Amperex Technology Company, Limited (also 
        known as ``CATL'').
            (2) BYD Company, Limited.
            (3) Envision Energy, Limited.
            (4) EVE Energy Company, Limited.
            (5) Gotion High tech Company, Limited.
            (6) Hithium Energy Storage Technology company, Limited.
            (7) Any successor to an entity specified in paragraphs (1) 
        through (6).
    (c) Treatment of Production.--For purposes of this section, a 
battery shall be treated as produced by an entity specified in 
subsection (b) if that entity--
            (1) assembles or manufactures the final product; or
            (2) creates or otherwise provides a majority of the 
        components used in the battery.
    (d) National Interest Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
limitation under subsection (a) if the Secretary submits to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives--
            (1) a written determination that the waiver is important to 
        the national interests of the United States; and
            (2) a detailed explanation of how such waiver is important 
        to those interests.
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