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section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
(9) Any entity included in Supplement No. 4 to 
part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor regulation. 
(10) Any subsidiary or successor to an entity 
specified in paragraphs (1) through (9). 
(c) TREATMENT OF PRODUCTION.—For purposes of 
this section, a battery shall be treated as produced by an 
entity specified in subsection (b) if such entity— 
(1) assembles or manufactures the final product 
that uses such battery; or 
(2) creates or otherwise provides a majority of 
the components used in such battery. 
(d) WAIVERS.— 
(1) RELATING TO ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security may waive the limitation 
under subsection (a) if the Secretary assesses in the 
affirmative all of the following: 
(A) The batteries to be procured do not 
pose a national security, data, or infrastructure 
risk to the United States. 
(B) There is no available alternative to 
procure batteries that are— 
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(i) of similar or better cost and qual-
ity; and 
(ii) produced by an entity not speci-
fied in subsection (b). 
(2) RELATING TO RESEARCH.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security may waive the limitation 
under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines 
that the batteries to be procured are for the sole 
purpose of research, evaluation, training, testing, or 
analysis. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later 
than 15 days after granting a waiver under this sub-
section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a notification relating thereto. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the anticipated impacts on mission and 
costs on the Department of Homeland Security associated 
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with carrying out this section, including with respect to 
following components of the Department: 
(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in-
cluding the U.S. Border Patrol. 
(2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, including Homeland Security Investigations. 
(3) The United States Secret Service. 
(4) The Transportation Security Administra-
tion. 
(5) The United States Coast Guard. 
(6) The Federal Protective Service. 
(7) The Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy. 
(8) The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers. 
(9) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
rity Agency. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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