Securing Energy Supply Chains Act
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Energy Non-Procurement List means the list of identified entities established under section 3(a)(1). The term foreign entity, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Energy non-procurement list, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Prohibition on procurement. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, procurement rules, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Defense and Energy.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Energy Non-Procurement List means the list of identified entities established under section 3(a)(1). The term foreign entity...
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Energy non-procurement list.
- Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Prohibition on procurement.
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 5. List overlap study.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Energy Non-Procurement List means the list of identified entities established under section 3(a)(1). The term foreign entity, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Energy non-procurement list, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Prohibition on procurement.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Energy
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Energy Non-Procurement List means the list of identified entities established under section 3(a)(1). The term foreign entity, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Energy non-procurement list, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 4. Prohibition on procurement.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Tom Cotton
R-AR | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Cotton (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a general contractor, prime contractor, or other lead entity on a project involving the provision of funding to, or the procurement of goods, services, or technology from— an entity on the Energy Non-Procurement List
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