S.Amdt. 1534

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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