{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-8631","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":8631,"title":"Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2024-06-05","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"G000593","fullName":"Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]","party":"R","state":"FL","district":28}],"cosponsorsCount":4,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2024-12-17","text":"Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 713."},"policyArea":"Foreign Trade and International Finance","subjects":["Asia","China","Congressional oversight","Energy storage, supplies, demand","Foreign and international corporations","Public contracts and procurement","Research administration and funding"],"actions":[{"date":"2024-12-17","text":"Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 713.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-12-17","text":"Committee 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.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-12-17","text":"Committee 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.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-11-20","text":"Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-10","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5062)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5062)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8631.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5062-5063)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"Mr. Gimenez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-23","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-23","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 118-633.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-23","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 118-633.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-12","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-12","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-05","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-05","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-05","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act of 2024</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>The bill allows DHS to waive the prohibition if DHS assesses in the affirmative all of the following:</p><ul><li>the&nbsp;batteries to be procured do not pose a risk to U.S. national security, data, or infrastructure;</li><li>the&nbsp;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&nbsp;</li><li>there is no&nbsp;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.</li></ul><p>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.</p><p>The bill requires DHS to notify Congress within 15 days after granting a waiver under this bill.</p>","updateDate":"2025-12-05T08:26:54Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":752,"ts":"2026-04-19T10:52:32.536Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Decoupling%20from%20Foreign%20Adversarial%20Battery%20Dependence%20Act"}]}}