[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1534. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle C of title I of division C, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 3124. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF POWER INVERTERS FROM 
                   COUNTRIES FROM WHICH CYBERATTACKS ON UNITED 
                   STATES CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE 
                   ORIGINATE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 
     in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of 
     Commerce, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report identifying each country--
       (1) for which there is reason to believe that cyberattacks 
     on critical energy infrastructure in the United States have 
     originated in that country during any of the 3 calendar years 
     preceding the submission of the report and such cyberattacks 
     have persisted after notification to that country; and
       (2) in which power inverters are manufactured or assembled 
     that are imported into the United States.
       (b) Prohibition on Importation.--On and after the date that 
     is 60 days after the submission of the report required by 
     subsection (a), the importation of power inverters from any 
     country identified in the report is prohibited.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, the Committee on Homeland Security, and 
     the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
     of Representatives.
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