Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act
What changed between versions
The prohibited entity list was expanded from six named Chinese battery companies plus successors to now include any entity on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act lists, any entity designated as a Chinese military company under section 1260H of the NDAA, and any entity on the Commerce Department's Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to part 744, title 15 CFR). The successor/subsidiary catch-all now covers all of these broader categories.
The waiver criteria were reduced from three conditions to two. The requirement that the producing entity not meet listing criteria under section 1260H or the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was removed as a separate waiver condition, leaving only (A) no national security/data/infrastructure risk and (B) no available alternative of similar or better cost and quality.
A new subsection (e) requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment assessing anticipated impacts on mission and costs across nine DHS components: CBP/Border Patrol, ICE/HSI, Secret Service, TSA, Coast Guard, Federal Protective Service, FEMA, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, and CISA.
The short title was changed from 'Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act of 2024' to 'Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act,' removing the year reference.
