By Stephen Nellis
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The final text of a U.S. military spending bill released on Monday would require the Pentagon to end its reliance on China and other countries for electronic display technology by 2030.
The U.S. National Defense Authorization Act, a law passed each year to fund the U.S. military, could come up for a vote by U.S. lawmakers as soon as this week, after a group of members of both chambers of Congress on Monday released a final version from a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Among the amendments is a measure that would require the Pentagon to map out its need for electronic displays, which go into everything from handheld electronics to fighter jets, until the year 2040. The measure would require the U.S. military to come up with a strategy to end any reliance on China, Russia and other countries for display technology and report its progress to lawmakers in March 2027.
If passed, the bill still needs a signature from U.S. President Donald Trump to become law.
It comes as national security experts warn that China’s rapid rise in the display industry, with firms such as BOE winning business from iPhone maker Apple and the resulting loss of market share from longstanding U.S. allies such as Japan and South Korea, could make it difficult for the U.S. military to secure displays in the event of a conflict.
(Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Chris Reese)
