Energy Department gets sweeping power to blacklist suppliers with minimal oversight
H.R. 6853 — Securing Energy Supply Chains Act · Filed by Pat Fallon (R-TX) · Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Department of Energy to create a list of foreign entities and their U.S. partners that pose national security or energy security risks, and prohibits the DOE from contracting with them (with narrow exceptions) starting one year after enactment. The bill also requires annual reporting to Congress and a government-wide study to harmonize overlapping foreign-entity blacklists across federal agencies.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is to establish a blacklist mechanism for foreign and foreign-linked entities in energy supply chains and enforce procurement restrictions. It is framed as national security but operates as a broad discretionary screening and exclusion tool.
What the text implies
- The Secretary's discretion to add entities 'as determined' to be engaged in activities detrimental to national security is extremely broad and not subject to statutory criteria, creating potential for political weaponization of procurement policy.
- The definition of 'covered individual or entity' includes anyone who 'provides funding to, or procures goods or services from' a listed entity—a sweeping net that could ensnare legitimate U.S. companies with indirect supply-chain ties, disrupting markets.
The full analysis lists 5 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
U.S. energy companies (utilities, generators); U.S. battery and critical-materials manufacturers; U.S. defense contractors with energy-sector exposure