House Bill Introduced to Ban DHS Purchases of Chinese Lithium-Ion Batteries
Four House Republicans, including the Homeland Security Committee chairman, have introduced a bill to prohibit DHS from buying batteries from Contemporary Amperex Technology Company (CATL), BYD Company, Envision Energy, EVE Energy Company, Gotion High Tech Company and Hithium Energy Storage Technology. The prohibition would begin Oct. 1, 2027, which is the same date that the Pentagon prohibition begins. The Defense Department prohibition was passed in the most recent Defense Authorization bill.
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The bill was led by Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., who said in a news release: "We cannot continue ceding dominance over our critical supply chains to our greatest geopolitical rival."
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said, "American tax dollars should never be used to further the Chinese Communist Party’s hopes to dominate key technologies at our expense. ... Our military has already banned these batteries and DHS should do the same.”