S.Amdt. 2469

SA 2469. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R.
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 40436 of subtitle C of title IV of division
D and insert the following:

SEC. 40436. STUDY ON IMPACT OF FORCED LABOR IN CHINA ON THE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY CHAIN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, shall
study, and submit to Congress a report describing, the impact
of forced labor in China on the electric vehicle supply
chain.
(b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law and subject to subsection (c), no funds shall be expended
for the purchase or import of--
(1) significant goods, wares, articles, or merchandise
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of
China to be used for the production of electric vehicles; or
(2) electric vehicles that incorporate, or are otherwise
produced using, items described in paragraph (1).
(c) Expiration of Prohibition.--The prohibition described
in subsection (b) shall expire on a date not earlier than the
date on which--
(1) the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, if
that report concludes that forced labor in China does not
have a significant impact on the electric vehicle supply
chain; and
(2) the Secretary certifies to the relevant committees of
Congress that the report submitted under subsection (a)
accurately assesses the impact of forced labor in China on
the electric vehicle supply chain.
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