Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act

Current understanding

Introduced legislation that would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using appropriated funds to procure batteries from six named China-based manufacturers starting October 1, 2027. The bill includes waivers for national-security and research purposes and imposes congressional notification and reporting requirements. Status: introduced; extends the familiar foreign-adversary supply-chain ban model to DHS battery procurement.

Evidence log

• 2025-02-03 — NO GOTION Act: cross-connection with adversary-nation-energy-tax-incentive-prohibition: Both aim to reduce U.S. reliance on adversary-linked energy/battery supply chains—one via tax-incentive denial, the other via procurement/dependence restrictions. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-16 — Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Act: cross-connection with critical-materials-processing-testbed-act: A domestic processing testbed would support the industrial capability base needed to reduce battery-supply dependence on foreign adversarial sources. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-03-11 — Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act: cross-connection with defense-acquisition-supply-chain-security: Both apply named-entity or adversary-nation procurement bans to critical components (batteries at DHS; printed circuit boards at DoD) as part of the broader federal foreign-adversary supply-chain exclusion regime. (novelty: 2)

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