The bill banning US government use of Dahua and Hikvision products has been passed by both chambers of Congress (House vote [link no longer available], Senate vote). The US President has voiced support of this bill and is expected to be signed into law.
UPDATE: The Bill and Ban have now been signed into law.

How It Passed
In May, this ban was introduced as an amendment to the House version of the NDAA defense appropriations bill. However, at that time, the Senate did not include such a ban, raising hopes by Dahua and Hikvision that the ban would be removed in the reconciliation process. However, reconciliation included the ban and both the House and Senate easily passed the bill with the ban.
Bill Ban
The reconciled bill is 1,360 pages covering a vast array of government regulations including the bans of Dahua and Hikvision for US government usage. The relevant section (p322 to 323) is:

Possible Expansion
One important possible expansion of the ban is a new clause calling out 'critical infrastructure' and 'national security purposes':

It is not clear if the bill bans use of Dahua and Hikvision in those areas but, if it did, it would significantly increase the impact as many non-governmental organizations could fall under those categories (utilities, banks, etc.)
Ban Starts 1 Year After Enacted
The bill says this 'prohibition' will start one year after it is enacted, which would put that in H2 2019:

However, in practice, the ban is immediate given the elimination clause.
Remove Existing Dahua and Hikvision Systems
Compounding the problem for Dahua and Hikvision, the bill includes a directive to 'phase-out' and 'eliminate' the use of existing equipment:

Overall, Dahua and Hikvision equipment is a distinct minority of US government video surveillance but there is a non-trivial amount deployed that could be a boon for system integrators and rival video surveillance manufacturers.
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Comments (47)
Undisclosed Integrator #1
I'm beginning to wonder if Congress has seen a credible threat to infrastructure security. I'm not referring to the typical "cold war" mentality we see from not wanting to do business with the Chinese because they're the Chinese. But because the government has seen code or other hard evidence that something nefarious is going on within Hikvision cameras.
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John Honovich
This Facebook commenter has an interesting marketing strategy to sell Dahua and Hikvision:
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Salvatore D'Agostino
Hard to see how this does not imact OEMs, particularly given change in bill language you report.
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Undisclosed #2
But they don't just relabel the products, they heavily customize the firmware to make it their own. (/SARCASM).
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
Seems to be more of an effort aligned with the Trump "Trade War" than actual protection of US government facilities. These companies sell OEM version of the camera that run their standard FW with a bit of rebranding dress-up in the GUI but essentially no different that a standard Hik or Dauha camera. Are these OEM products also banned? Seems narrow and short sighted only aimed at the big Chinese brands to make a political statement rather than protect infrastructure critical to national security. Don't get me wrong, I like the bill but it could have gone further if the true goal was to protect the country.
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Greg Hussey
The wording in the bill infers that these products are a security risk but I don’t see wording that really describes what the security risk is exactly. Perhaps the Bill doesn’t need to explain that but I don’t want to assume.
If someone really knows what drove this could they let me/us know?
To be clear – I am asking about what the bill sponsors learned about specifically that got them to add Hikvision and Dahua?
I know about all the issues related to these two manufacturers, so I don’t need someone to say that was it, unless that is the real answer, i.e. that someone in the industry got the ear of the bill sponsors etc.
OR, do we know that someone within the federal government literally brought these two manufacturers to our law makers attention because of specific incidences that were egregious that went above other typical Chinese manufacturers.
OR, are we saying this is only a political move, as some have suggested this is just part of the China tariff war that is ongoing and growing.
Would be great to know so that we can take advantage of this information and use it to inform our customers more effectively.
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Undisclosed End User #4
Referring to the physical security surveillance of critical infrastructure, does this ban extend to the projects funded by the Government only, or by the commercial entities as well that own critical infrastructure like utilities and chemical plants?
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Michael Miller
Pentagon Creates 'Do Not Buy' List of Chinese and Russian Software Providers
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Undisclosed #7
Would this be banned?
Asking for a friend, (J.D.) ;)
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John Honovich
Stock update: Both Dahua and Hikvision stocks have been hurt by recent US government actions, Dahua more so.
Dahua was down 6% overnight and is now almost down 50% from its peak earlier this year:
Hikvision was down ~4% overnight and is down ~28% from its peak earlier this year but still higher priced than it was a year ago ($31.91 now vs $28.01 a year ago):
Both are still richly priced relative to Western video surveillance manufacturers.
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John Honovich
YouTube video talking about the ban:
Also, SecurityInformed article: Congress Passes Government Ban On Hikvision And Dahua Video Surveillance
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Undisclosed #8
Still waiting on similar announcements from:
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Michael Miller
Do you think this will spark any innovation on the camera side of things? With +100 plus companies OEMing them with basically the same cameras and different firmware which are going to have to look at other options I would think we might see some new camera innovation out of this. yes/no?
NOTICE: This comment has been moved to its own discussion: Do You Think The US Government Ban Will Spark Any Innovation On The Camera Side Of Things?
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #12
Looks like that HikVision Source Code Transparency Center only for government agencies just became a white elephant...
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Salvatore D'Agostino
So if this is really a security issue, and given the modular nature of camera components, and the overall Chinese manufacturing base, then how can other Chinese manufacturers be overlooked?
And then let's take this a step further. What are the requirements for a US company to manufacture there?
While focusing on market leaders might be efficient on getting to the most Chinese camera/lenses/lighting/storage/etc. units it still leaves a lot of thing still open.
Does beg the question: Does GSA say no Chinese made IT products period?
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Salvatore D'Agostino
Thanks John, appreciate you confirming this. It pretty much has always been the case for infosec and physical access, so I guess this is a lot about closing a gap that should not have gotten by in the first place. The GSA Approved Products List for physical security has, as you point out, pretty clear provisions on source of manufacture, it seems that these are example of (video surveillance) security systems skirting rules already in place for things like PACS basically due to the absence of domestic (or trading partner country) approved sources.
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Undisclosed Integrator #13
going main stream
see youtube link
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