Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act
Current understanding
HR2998 would prohibit the export or reexport of restricted electronic waste (computers, televisions, and other consumer electronics) from the United States, with limited exemptions. The stated national-security rationale is to reduce the flow of discarded U.S. electronics abroad that can be harvested for components and reintroduced into supply chains as counterfeit parts. Status: introduced; similar bills in prior Congresses have not been enacted.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-24 — Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act: cross-connection with defense-acquisition-supply-chain-security: Both target the counterfeit-electronics threat vector: e-waste export controls attack the upstream supply of harvestable components, while DFARS PCB restrictions gate downstream DoD procurement. (novelty: 2)