,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ifh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bc1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 and 
,mr4 ,cotton7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to prohibit the procurement of solar   
panels manufactured or assembled in the 
,people's ,republic of ,china4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,keep ,china ,out of ,solar ,energy 
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,prohibition on     
procurement of solar panels from covered
 foreign entities  7a7 ,in general ,not 
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget1 in consultation with the   
,administrator of ,general ,services1   
shall develop standards and guidelines  
for executive agencies to-- 7#a7        
prohibit ,federal funds from being      

awarded by contract1 subcontract1 grant1
 or subgrant for the procurement of     
solar panels that are manufactured or   
assembled by a covered entity2 and  7#b7
 prohibit the use of ,government-issued 
purchase cards to purchase solar panels 
that are manufactured or assembled by a 
covered entity4  7b7 ,amendment of      
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal
 ,acquisition ,regulatory ,council shall
 amend the ,federal ,acquisition        
,regulation to implement the prohibition
 established pursuant to subsection     
7a77#a7 with respect to ,federal        
contracts and subcontracts4  #c4        
,exemption waiver  7a7 ,in general ,the 
head of an executive agency may obtain a
 waiver from the prohibition implemented
 pursuant to section #b if the agency   
head certifies to the ,secretary of     
,state and the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security that the covered entity is the
 only viable source for the solar panels

 and the ,secretary of ,state and the   
,secretary of ,homeland ,security       
jointly approve the waiver request4  7b7
 ,notification requirements  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the head of an agency          
requesting a waiver under this section  
shall notify the ,director of the       
,office of ,management and ,budget of   
the request4 ,the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget shall
 submit to the appropriate congressional
 committees a quarterly report listing  
requests listing under subsection 7a71  
including whether each such request was 
approved or rejected4  7#b7 ,appropriate
 congressional committees ,in this      
subsection1 the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations   
and the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of
 ,representatives4  #d4 ,comptroller    

,general report ,not later than #bge    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of 
the ,united ,states shall submit to     
,congress a report on the amount of     
solar panels procured by ,federal       
departments and agencies from covered   
entities4  #e4 ,study  7a7 ,independent 
study ,not later than one year after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,director of the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget shall seek to enter into a 
contract with a federally funded        
research and development center under   
which the center will conduct a study   
of-- 7#a7 the current and future        
domestic market of solar panel          
production2  7#b7 the ability of the    
solar panel domestic market to keep pace
 with technological advancements across 
the industry2 and  7#c7 the current     
global supply chain and workforce       
involved with solar panel production4   
7b7 ,submission to ,congress ,not later 
than #cj days after the date on which   

the ,director of the ,office of         
,management and ,budget receives the    
study under subsection 7b71 the         
,director shall submit the study to--   
7#a7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs and
 the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural 
,resources of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security1 the 
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform1   
and the ,committee on ,energy and       
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives4  #f4 ,definitions ,in 
this ,act3 7#a7 ,covered entity ,the    
term covered entity means any entity    
domiciled in the ,people's ,republic of 
,china or subject to influence or       
control by the ,government of the       
,people ,republic of ,china or the      
,communist ,party of the ,people's      
,republic of ,china1 as determined by   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security4  
7#b7 ,executive agency ,the term        
executive agency has the meaning given  
the term in section #acc of title #da1  

,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,solar     
panel ,the term solar panel means       
crystalline silicon photovoltaic 7,,pv7 
cells and modules4