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118th Congress Foreign Trade and International Finance

H.R. 8631: Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act

Passed HouseSep 9, 2024

  1. Introduced (completed)Jun 5, 2024
  2. Passed House (completed)Sep 9, 2024
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jun 5, 2024

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using appropriated funds to procure a battery produced by certain Chinese entities. This prohibition begins on October 1, 2027.

The bill allows DHS to waive the prohibition if DHS assesses in the affirmative all of the following:

  • the batteries to be procured do not pose a risk to U.S. national security, data, or infrastructure;
  • the entity that produced such batteries does not satisfy the criteria for listing under Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (i.e., designation as a Chinese military company) or Public Law 117-78 (i.e., goods produced using forced labor in China, especially the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region); and
  • there is no available alternative to procure batteries that are of similar or better cost and quality and that are produced by an entity not specified in this bill.
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DHS may also waive the prohibition upon a determination that the batteries to be procured are for the sole purpose of research, evaluation, training, testing, or analysis.

The bill requires DHS to notify Congress within 15 days after granting a waiver under this bill.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

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Amendments

0 offered

No amendments were offered to this bill.

Cosponsors

4

Who scored on this bill

78 points earned
  1. 1Carlos Gimenez R-FL SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, passed House4 events+62
  2. 2Mark Green R-TNCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
  3. 2Daniel Meuser R-PACosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
  4. 2John Moolenaar R-MICosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
  5. 2August Pfluger R-TXCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History

  1. Sep 9, 2024Passed the House by voice vote.
  2. Jun 5, 2024Introduced in the House by Carlos Gimenez.
Show the full action history (16 actions)
  1. Dec 17, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-307.
  2. Dec 17, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 713.
  3. Nov 20, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Sep 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  5. Sep 9, 2024Mr. Gimenez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  6. Sep 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5062-5063)
  7. Sep 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8631.
  8. Sep 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5062)
  9. Sep 9, 2024On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5062)
  10. Sep 9, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. Aug 23, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 118-633.
  12. Aug 23, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530.
  13. Jun 12, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Jun 12, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  15. Jun 5, 2024Introduced in House
  16. Jun 5, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.