[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7601 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7601

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the use of the 
   authorities under title I and title III of such Act for electric 
                   vehicles or related technologies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2024

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the use of the 
   authorities under title I and title III of such Act for electric 
                   vehicles or related technologies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bullets Not Batteries Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF AUTHORITIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND 
              RELATED TECHNOLOGY.

    Section 104 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4514) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Electric Vehicles and Related Technology.--The authorities 
provided under this title and title III may not be used with respect 
to--
            ``(1) electric vehicles;
            ``(2) electric vehicle batteries;
            ``(3) electric vehicle charging stations or other electric 
        vehicle infrastructure; or
            ``(4) obtaining critical minerals that will be used for the 
        manufacturing of any item described under paragraph (1), (2), 
        or (3).''.
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