(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency re-
questing a waiver under this section shall notify the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget of 
the request. The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a quarterly report listing 
requests listing under subsection (a), including 
whether each such request was approved or rejected. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 4. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 
Not later than 275 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, 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 entities. 
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SEC. 5. STUDY. 
(a) INDEPENDENT STUDY.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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— 
(1) the current and future domestic market of 
solar panel production; 
(2) the ability of the solar panel domestic mar-
ket to keep pace with technological advancements 
across the industry; and 
(3) the current global supply chain and work-
force involved with solar panel production. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget receives the study under sub-
section (b), the Director shall submit the study to— 
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means any entity domiciled in the People’s Re-
public 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 
China, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(3) SOLAR
PANEL.—The term ‘‘solar panel’’ 
means crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and 
modules. 
Æ 
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