,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina   
7for himself and ,mr4 ,rubio7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the procurement of certain     
batteries by the ,department of ,state4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,blocking ,bad ,batteries ,act4 
#b4 ,prohibition on availability of     
funds for procurement of certain        
batteries  7a7 ,limitation ,beginning on
 ,october #a1 #bjbg1 none of the funds  
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for the ,department of ,state may be   
obligated or expended to procure a      
battery produced by an entity specified 
in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,entities       
specified ,the entities specified in    
this subsection are the following3 7#a7 
,contemporary ,amperex ,technology      
,company1 ,limited 7also known as       

,,catl74  7#b7 ,,byd ,company1 ,limited4
  7#c7 ,envision ,energy1 ,limited4     
7#d7 ,,eve ,energy ,company1 ,limited4  
7#e7 ,gotion ,high tech ,company1       
,limited4  7#f7 ,hithium ,energy        
,storage ,technology company1 ,limited4 
7#g7 ,any successor to an entity        
specified in paragraphs 7#a7 through    
7#f74  7c7 ,treatment of production ,for
 purposes of this section1 a battery    
shall be treated as produced by an      
entity specified in subsection 7b7 if   
that entity-- 7#a7 assembles or         
manufactures the final product2 or  7#b7
 creates or otherwise provides a        
majority of the components used in the  
battery4  7d7 ,national interest waiver 
,the ,secretary of ,state may waive the 
limitation under subsection 7a7 if the  
,secretary submits to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate and  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 a 
written determination that the waiver is
 important to the national interests of 

the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 a        
detailed explanation of how such waiver 
is important to those interests4