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FY 2026 NDAA -DOD
lower the barrier to market entry /compliance for nontraditional defense contractors. Section 824 DOD must issue guidance on allowing commercial contracts using āalternative methods of evaluation other than past performanceā when a requirement has little to no precedent.
SEC. 154. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROCURE-
MENT OF CERTAIN BATTERIES.
(b) ENTITIES SPECIFIED.
(1) Contemporary Amperex Technology
(also known as āāCATLāā).
(2) BYD Company, Limited.
(3) Envision Energy, Limited.
(4) EVE Energy Company, Limited.
(5) GotionHigh tech Company, Limited.
(6) Hithium Energy Storage Technology company, Limited.
(7) Any successor to an entity specified (1)
through (6).
(c) TREATMENT OF PRODUCTION.
a battery shall be treated as produced by an entity specified in
subsection (b) if that entityā
(1) assembles or manufactures the final product; or
(2) creates or otherwise provides a majority of the compo-
nents used in the battery.