,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bj1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,steube introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the importation of 
certain energy storage systems made by  
entities within the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,countering ,harmful ,adversarial  
,rechargeable and ,generative ,energy   
,act or the ,,charge ,act4  #b4         
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the ,people's ,republic of ,china
 7,,prc7 presents an incredible risk in 
infiltrating the energy grid of the     
,united ,states4  7#b7 ,energy storage  
systems manufactured in the ,,prc1 and  
imported to the ,united ,states1 are    
capable of containing remote monitoring 
capabilities4  7#c7 ,such remote        
monitoring capabilities give the ,,prc  
unfiltered access to the electric grid  

of the ,united ,states1 and such        
backdoor affords the ,,prc the          
capability to interfere with the        
reliability of our critical             
infrastructure systems4  7#d7 ,the      
,secretary of ,commerce1 through the    
,bureau of ,industry and ,security of   
the ,department of ,commerce1 is        
responsible for ensuring that import and
 export control mechanisms are in       
accordance with strengthening the       
national security of the ,united        
,states4  7#e7 ,restricting the import  
of energy storage systems containing    
remote monitoring capabilities is       
necessary to protect the energy grid of 
the ,united ,states and safeguard the   
,american people4  #c4 ,prohibition  7a7
 ,in general ,no person may import1 or  
cause to be imported to the ,united     
,states1 any energy storage system      
containing remote monitoring            
capabilities manufactured with          
technology licensed or owned by-- 7#a7  
any entity organized under the laws of  

the ,people's ,republic of ,china       
7,,prc7 or any jurisdiction within the  
,,prc2 or  7#b7 any entity under the    
jurisdiction1 control1 authority1 or    
oversight of the ,chinese ,communist    
,party 7,,ccp74  7b7 ,regulations  7#a7 
,,cbp enforcement ,not later than #fj   
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4      
,customs and ,border ,protection shall  
issue regulations to carry out this     
section1 including by establishing      
mechanisms to allow ,u4,s4 ,customs and 
,border ,protection to identify products
 covered under such prohibition and     
enforce the prohibition4  7#b7 ,periodic
 review ,not later than #ahj days after 
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4 
,customs and ,border ,protection shall  
review and determine whether to impose  
additional restrictions concerning      
energy storage systems containing remote
 monitoring capabilities4  7c7          
,penalties ,whoever knowingly violates1 

or causes a violation of1 the           
prohibition under subsection 7a7 shall  
be imprisoned for not more than #e      
years1 fined not more than #bej1jjj1 or 
both1 for each shipment of imports that 
contains one or more such articles4  7d7
 ,annual report on implementation  7#a7 
,in general ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,commerce1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,energy and the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security1 shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on ,,prc-developed energy storage
 systems containing remote monitoring   
capabilities in the ,united ,states4    
7#b7 ,form ,the report required under   
paragraph 7#a7 may include a classified 
annex4  7#c7 ,termination ,the          
requirement to submit reports under     
paragraph 7#a7 shall terminate on the   
date that is #f years after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4  7e7        
,definitions ,in this section--  7#a7   

the term appropriate congressional      
committees means--  7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,energy and ,commerce1 the ,committee
 on ,foreign ,affairs1 and the          
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1      
,transportation1 the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations1 and the ,select    
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate2  7#b7 the term energy storage  
system means any device1 module1 or     
product that is capable of storing an   
electric current to discharge such      
current for use at a later time2 and    
7#c7 the term remote monitoring         
capability means any device that is     
capable of observing1 collecting1       
analyzing1 and disrupting the data of   
any information technology1             
communication1 or critical              
infrastructure system4