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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 257 |
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5 | 5 | | To improve the resilience of critical supply chains, and for other purposes. |
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6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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7 | 7 | | JANUARY27, 2025 |
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8 | 8 | | Ms. C |
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9 | 9 | | ANTWELL(for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Ms. BLUNTROCHESTER) |
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10 | 10 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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11 | 11 | | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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13 | 13 | | To improve the resilience of critical supply chains, and for |
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14 | 14 | | other purposes. |
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15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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18 | 18 | | (a) S |
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19 | 19 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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20 | 20 | | ‘‘Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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21 | 21 | | (b) T |
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22 | 22 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6 |
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23 | 23 | | this Act is as follows: 7 |
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24 | 24 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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25 | 25 | | Sec. 2. Additional responsibilities of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for In- |
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26 | 26 | | dustry and Analysis. |
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27 | 27 | | Sec. 3. Critical supply chain resilience and crisis response working group. |
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28 | 28 | | Sec. 4. Department of Commerce capability assessment. |
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29 | 29 | | Sec. 5. No additional funds. |
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33 | 33 | | Sec. 6. Sunset. |
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34 | 34 | | Sec. 7. Definitions. |
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35 | 35 | | SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT SEC- |
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36 | 36 | | 1 |
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37 | 37 | | RETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUSTRY AND 2 |
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38 | 38 | | ANALYSIS. 3 |
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39 | 39 | | In addition to the responsibilities of the Assistant 4 |
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40 | 40 | | Secretary on the day before the date of the enactment of 5 |
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41 | 41 | | this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall have the following 6 |
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42 | 42 | | responsibilities: 7 |
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43 | 43 | | (1) Promote the stability and resilience of crit-8 |
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44 | 44 | | ical supply chains and critical and emerging tech-9 |
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45 | 45 | | nologies that strengthen the national security of the 10 |
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46 | 46 | | United States. 11 |
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47 | 47 | | (2) Lead the Working Group established pursu-12 |
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48 | 48 | | ant to section 3 and consult covered nongovern-13 |
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49 | 49 | | mental representatives, industry, institutions of 14 |
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50 | 50 | | higher education, and State and local governments 15 |
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51 | 51 | | in order to— 16 |
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52 | 52 | | (A) promote resilient critical supply chains; 17 |
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53 | 53 | | and 18 |
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54 | 54 | | (B) identify, prepare for, and respond to 19 |
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55 | 55 | | supply chain shocks to— 20 |
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56 | 56 | | (i) critical industries; 21 |
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57 | 57 | | (ii) critical supply chains; and 22 |
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58 | 58 | | (iii) critical and emerging tech-23 |
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59 | 59 | | nologies. 24 |
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63 | 63 | | (3) Encourage the growth and competitiveness 1 |
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64 | 64 | | of United States production and manufacturing in 2 |
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65 | 65 | | the United States of emerging technologies. 3 |
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66 | 66 | | (4) Assess the resilience, diversity, and strength 4 |
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67 | 67 | | of critical supply chains and critical and emerging 5 |
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68 | 68 | | technologies. 6 |
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69 | 69 | | (5) In consultation with the Secretary of State 7 |
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70 | 70 | | and the United States Trade Representative, sup-8 |
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71 | 71 | | port the availability of critical goods from domestic 9 |
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72 | 72 | | manufacturers, domestic enterprises, and manufac-10 |
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73 | 73 | | turing operations in countries that are allies or key 11 |
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74 | 74 | | international partner nations. 12 |
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75 | 75 | | (6) Assist the Federal Government in preparing 13 |
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76 | 76 | | for and responding to supply chain shocks to critical 14 |
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77 | 77 | | supply chains, including by improving flexible manu-15 |
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78 | 78 | | facturing capacities and capabilities in the United 16 |
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79 | 79 | | States. 17 |
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80 | 80 | | (7) Consistent with United States obligations 18 |
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81 | 81 | | under international agreements, encourage and 19 |
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82 | 82 | | incentivize the reduced reliance of domestic enter-20 |
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83 | 83 | | prises and domestic manufacturers on critical goods 21 |
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84 | 84 | | from countries that are described in section 7(2)(B). 22 |
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85 | 85 | | (8) Encourage the relocation of manufacturing 23 |
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86 | 86 | | facilities that manufacture critical goods from coun-24 |
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87 | 87 | | tries that are described in section 7(2)(B) to the 25 |
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91 | 91 | | United States and countries that are allies or key 1 |
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92 | 92 | | international partner nations to strengthen the resil-2 |
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93 | 93 | | ience, diversity, and strength of critical supply 3 |
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94 | 94 | | chains. 4 |
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95 | 95 | | SEC. 3. CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS 5 |
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96 | 96 | | RESPONSE WORKING GROUP. 6 |
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97 | 97 | | (a) E |
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98 | 98 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 7 |
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99 | 99 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec-8 |
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100 | 100 | | retary shall establish a working group to be known as the 9 |
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101 | 101 | | ‘‘Supply Chain Resilience Working Group’’ (in this Act re-10 |
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102 | 102 | | ferred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) composed of the Fed-11 |
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103 | 103 | | eral agencies that rely upon the Industry and Analysis 12 |
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104 | 104 | | Business unit analysis, including agencies enumerated in 13 |
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105 | 105 | | subsection (c). 14 |
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106 | 106 | | (b) A |
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107 | 107 | | CTIVITIES.—Not later than 1 year after the date 15 |
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108 | 108 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 16 |
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109 | 109 | | carry out the following activities— 17 |
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110 | 110 | | (1) in consultation with the Working Group— 18 |
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111 | 111 | | (A) assessing, mapping, and modeling crit-19 |
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112 | 112 | | ical supply chains, including for critical and 20 |
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113 | 113 | | emerging technologies, which may include— 21 |
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114 | 114 | | (i) modeling the impact of supply 22 |
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115 | 115 | | chain shocks on critical industries (includ-23 |
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116 | 116 | | ing for critical and emerging technologies), 24 |
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117 | 117 | | and critical supply chains; 25 |
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121 | 121 | | (ii) assessing the demand for and sup-1 |
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122 | 122 | | ply of critical goods, production equipment, 2 |
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123 | 123 | | and manufacturing technology needed for 3 |
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124 | 124 | | critical supply chains, including critical 4 |
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125 | 125 | | goods, production equipment, and manu-5 |
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126 | 126 | | facturing technology obtained by or pur-6 |
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127 | 127 | | chased from a person outside of the United 7 |
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128 | 128 | | States or imported into the United States; 8 |
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129 | 129 | | and 9 |
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130 | 130 | | (iii) assessing manufacturing, 10 |
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131 | 131 | | warehousing, transportation, and distribu-11 |
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132 | 132 | | tion related to critical supply chains; 12 |
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133 | 133 | | (B) identifying high priority gaps and 13 |
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134 | 134 | | vulnerabilities in critical supply chains and crit-14 |
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135 | 135 | | ical industries (including critical industries for 15 |
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136 | 136 | | critical and emerging technologies) that— 16 |
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137 | 137 | | (i) exist as of the date of the enact-17 |
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138 | 138 | | ment of this Act; or 18 |
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139 | 139 | | (ii) are anticipated to occur after the 19 |
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140 | 140 | | date of the enactment of this Act; 20 |
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141 | 141 | | (C) identifying potential supply chain 21 |
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142 | 142 | | shocks to a critical supply chain that may dis-22 |
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143 | 143 | | rupt, strain, or eliminate the critical supply 23 |
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144 | 144 | | chain; 24 |
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148 | 148 | | (D) evaluating the capability and capacity 1 |
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149 | 149 | | of domestic manufacturers or manufacturers lo-2 |
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150 | 150 | | cated in countries that are allies or key inter-3 |
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151 | 151 | | national partner nations to serve as sources for 4 |
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152 | 152 | | critical goods, production equipment, or manu-5 |
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153 | 153 | | facturing technology needed in critical supply 6 |
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154 | 154 | | chains; 7 |
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155 | 155 | | (E) evaluating the effect on market sta-8 |
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156 | 156 | | bility that may result from the disruption, 9 |
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157 | 157 | | strain, or elimination of a critical supply chain; 10 |
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158 | 158 | | (F) evaluating the state of the manufac-11 |
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159 | 159 | | turing workforce, including by— 12 |
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160 | 160 | | (i) identifying the needs of domestic 13 |
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161 | 161 | | manufacturers; and 14 |
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162 | 162 | | (ii) identifying opportunities to create 15 |
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163 | 163 | | high-quality manufacturing jobs; and 16 |
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164 | 164 | | (G) identifying and describing necessary 17 |
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165 | 165 | | tools, including commercially available risk as-18 |
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166 | 166 | | sessment tools, that leverage data and industry 19 |
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167 | 167 | | expertise to provide insights into critical supply 20 |
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168 | 168 | | chain vulnerabilities, including how such tools 21 |
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169 | 169 | | fulfill the requirements described in subpara-22 |
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170 | 170 | | graphs (A) through (E); and 23 |
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171 | 171 | | (2) in consultation with State and local govern-24 |
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172 | 172 | | ments, the Working Group, and (as appropriate) 25 |
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178 | 178 | | (A) identifying opportunities to reduce 3 |
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179 | 179 | | gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply chains 4 |
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180 | 180 | | and critical industries; 5 |
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181 | 181 | | (B) encouraging consultation between the 6 |
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182 | 182 | | Federal Government, industry, covered non-7 |
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183 | 183 | | governmental representatives, institutions of 8 |
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184 | 184 | | higher education, and State and local govern-9 |
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185 | 185 | | ments to— 10 |
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186 | 186 | | (i) better respond to supply chain 11 |
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187 | 187 | | shocks to critical supply chains and critical 12 |
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188 | 188 | | industries (including critical industries for 13 |
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189 | 189 | | emerging technologies); and 14 |
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190 | 190 | | (ii) coordinate response efforts to sup-15 |
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191 | 191 | | ply chain shocks; 16 |
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192 | 192 | | (C) encouraging consultation between the 17 |
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193 | 193 | | Federal Government and the governments of 18 |
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194 | 194 | | countries that are allies or key international 19 |
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195 | 195 | | partner nations; 20 |
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196 | 196 | | (D) identifying opportunities to build the 21 |
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197 | 197 | | capacity of the United States in critical supply 22 |
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198 | 198 | | chains, critical industries, and emerging tech-23 |
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203 | 203 | | (E) identifying opportunities to build the 1 |
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204 | 204 | | capacity of countries that are allies or key 2 |
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205 | 205 | | international partner nations in critical indus-3 |
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206 | 206 | | tries (including critical industries for emerging 4 |
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207 | 207 | | technologies) and critical supply chains; and 5 |
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208 | 208 | | (F) developing and assessing contingency 6 |
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209 | 209 | | plans and coordination mechanisms to improve 7 |
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210 | 210 | | the response of critical supply chains and crit-8 |
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211 | 211 | | ical industries to supply chain shocks. 9 |
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212 | 212 | | (c) W |
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213 | 213 | | ORKINGGROUPMEMBERSHIP.—The Working 10 |
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214 | 214 | | Group shall include a representative from each Federal 11 |
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215 | 215 | | agency that relies on the analysis of the Industry and 12 |
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216 | 216 | | Analysis business unit, including— 13 |
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217 | 217 | | (1) the Department of State; 14 |
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218 | 218 | | (2) the Department of Defense; 15 |
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219 | 219 | | (3) the Department of Homeland Security; 16 |
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220 | 220 | | (4) the Department of Transportation; 17 |
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221 | 221 | | (5) the Department of Energy; 18 |
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222 | 222 | | (6) the Department of Agriculture; 19 |
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223 | 223 | | (7) the Department of the Interior; 20 |
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224 | 224 | | (8) the Department of Health and Human 21 |
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225 | 225 | | Services; 22 |
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226 | 226 | | (9) the Office of the Director of National Intel-23 |
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227 | 227 | | ligence; and 24 |
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228 | 228 | | (10) the Small Business Administration. 25 |
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232 | 232 | | (d) DESIGNATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall— 1 |
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233 | 233 | | (1) not later than 120 days after the date of 2 |
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234 | 234 | | the enactment of this Act, designate— 3 |
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235 | 235 | | (A) critical industries; 4 |
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236 | 236 | | (B) critical supply chains; and 5 |
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237 | 237 | | (C) critical goods; 6 |
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238 | 238 | | (2) provide for a period of public comment and 7 |
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239 | 239 | | review in carrying out paragraph (1); and 8 |
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240 | 240 | | (3) update the designations made pursuant to 9 |
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241 | 241 | | paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 4 10 |
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242 | 242 | | years, including designations for technologies that 11 |
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243 | 243 | | are not described in section 7(12)(B) that the As-12 |
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244 | 244 | | sistant Secretary considers necessary. 13 |
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245 | 245 | | (e) I |
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246 | 246 | | MPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 1 14 |
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247 | 247 | | year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the As-15 |
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248 | 248 | | sistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate commit-16 |
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249 | 249 | | tees of Congress a report that— 17 |
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250 | 250 | | (1) details supply chain activities, including ap-18 |
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251 | 251 | | plicable activities described in subsection (b) and re-19 |
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252 | 252 | | sponsibilities described in section 2, that the Assist-20 |
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253 | 253 | | ant Secretary has conducted over the past year; 21 |
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254 | 254 | | (2) describes supply chain data collected, re-22 |
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255 | 255 | | tained, and analyzed by the Assistant Secretary over 23 |
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261 | 261 | | cluding commercially available risk assessment tools, 2 |
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262 | 262 | | that leverage data and industry expertise to provide 3 |
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263 | 263 | | insights into critical supply chain vulnerabilities, in-4 |
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264 | 264 | | cluding how such tools fulfill each responsibility de-5 |
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265 | 265 | | scribed in subsection (b); 6 |
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266 | 266 | | (4) identifies and describes all Federal agencies 7 |
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267 | 267 | | with authorities or responsibilities described in sub-8 |
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268 | 268 | | section (b); and 9 |
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269 | 269 | | (5) identifies Federal agencies, programs, and 10 |
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270 | 270 | | bureaus with duplicative purposes to fulfill any of 11 |
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271 | 271 | | the authorities or responsibilities described in sub-12 |
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272 | 272 | | section (b). 13 |
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273 | 273 | | (f) N |
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274 | 274 | | ATIONALSTRATEGY ANDREVIEW ONCRITICAL 14 |
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275 | 275 | | S |
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276 | 276 | | UPPLYCHAINRESILIENCY AND MANUFACTURING IN 15 |
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277 | 277 | | THEUNITEDSTATES.— 16 |
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278 | 278 | | (1) I |
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279 | 279 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 17 |
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280 | 280 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-18 |
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281 | 281 | | nually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in con-19 |
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282 | 282 | | sultation with the Working Group, covered non-20 |
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283 | 283 | | governmental representatives, industries, institutions 21 |
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284 | 284 | | of higher education, and State and local govern-22 |
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285 | 285 | | ments, shall submit to the relevant committees of 23 |
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286 | 286 | | Congress a report that— 24 |
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287 | 287 | | (A) identifies— 25 |
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291 | 291 | | (i) critical infrastructure that may as-1 |
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292 | 292 | | sist in fulfilling the responsibilities de-2 |
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293 | 293 | | scribed in section 2; 3 |
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294 | 294 | | (ii) critical and emerging technologies 4 |
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295 | 295 | | that may assist in fulfilling the responsibil-5 |
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296 | 296 | | ities described in section 2, including such 6 |
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297 | 297 | | technologies that may be critical to ad-7 |
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298 | 298 | | dressing preparedness, weaknesses, and 8 |
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299 | 299 | | vulnerabilities relating to critical supply 9 |
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300 | 300 | | chains; 10 |
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301 | 301 | | (iii) critical industries, critical supply 11 |
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302 | 302 | | chains, and critical goods designated pur-12 |
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303 | 303 | | suant to subsection (d); 13 |
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304 | 304 | | (iv) other supplies and services that 14 |
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305 | 305 | | are critical to the crisis preparedness of 15 |
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306 | 306 | | the United States; 16 |
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307 | 307 | | (v) substitutes for critical goods, pro-17 |
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308 | 308 | | duction equipment, and manufacturing 18 |
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309 | 309 | | technology; 19 |
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310 | 310 | | (vi) methods and technologies, includ-20 |
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311 | 311 | | ing blockchain technology, distributed ledg-21 |
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312 | 312 | | er technology, and other critical and 22 |
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313 | 313 | | emerging technologies, as appropriate, for 23 |
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314 | 314 | | the authentication and traceability of crit-24 |
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319 | 319 | | (vii) countries that are allies or key 1 |
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320 | 320 | | international partner nations; 2 |
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321 | 321 | | (B) describes the matters identified and 3 |
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322 | 322 | | evaluated under subsection (b)(1), including— 4 |
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323 | 323 | | (i) the manufacturing base, critical 5 |
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324 | 324 | | supply chains, and emerging technologies 6 |
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325 | 325 | | in the United States, including the manu-7 |
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326 | 326 | | facturing base and critical supply chains 8 |
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327 | 327 | | for— 9 |
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328 | 328 | | (I) critical goods; 10 |
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329 | 329 | | (II) production equipment; and 11 |
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330 | 330 | | (III) manufacturing technology; 12 |
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331 | 331 | | and 13 |
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332 | 332 | | (ii) the ability of the United States 14 |
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333 | 333 | | to— 15 |
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334 | 334 | | (I) maintain readiness with re-16 |
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335 | 335 | | spect to preparing for and responding 17 |
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336 | 336 | | to supply chain shocks; and 18 |
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337 | 337 | | (II) in response to a supply chain 19 |
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338 | 338 | | shock— 20 |
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339 | 339 | | (aa) surge production in 21 |
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340 | 340 | | critical industries; 22 |
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341 | 341 | | (bb) surge production of 23 |
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348 | 348 | | ical goods, production equipment, 2 |
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349 | 349 | | and manufacturing technology; 3 |
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350 | 350 | | (C) assesses and describes— 4 |
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351 | 351 | | (i) the demand and supply of critical 5 |
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352 | 352 | | goods, production equipment, and manu-6 |
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353 | 353 | | facturing technology; 7 |
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354 | 354 | | (ii) the production of critical goods, 8 |
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355 | 355 | | production equipment, and manufacturing 9 |
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356 | 356 | | technology by domestic manufacturers; 10 |
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357 | 357 | | (iii) the capability and capacity of do-11 |
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358 | 358 | | mestic manufacturers and manufacturers 12 |
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359 | 359 | | in countries that are allies or key inter-13 |
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360 | 360 | | national partner nations to manufacture 14 |
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361 | 361 | | critical goods, production equipment, and 15 |
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362 | 362 | | manufacturing technology; and 16 |
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363 | 363 | | (iv) how supply chain shocks could af-17 |
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364 | 364 | | fect rural, Tribal, and underserved commu-18 |
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365 | 365 | | nities; 19 |
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366 | 366 | | (D) identifies threats and supply chain 20 |
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367 | 367 | | shocks that may disrupt, strain, or eliminate 21 |
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368 | 368 | | critical supply chains, critical goods, and critical 22 |
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369 | 369 | | industries (including critical industries for 23 |
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374 | 374 | | (E) with regard to any threat identified 1 |
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375 | 375 | | under subparagraph (D), lists any threat or 2 |
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376 | 376 | | supply chain shock that may originate from a 3 |
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377 | 377 | | country, or a company or individual from a 4 |
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378 | 378 | | country, that is described in section 7(2)(B); 5 |
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379 | 379 | | (F) assesses— 6 |
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380 | 380 | | (i) the resilience and capacity of the 7 |
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381 | 381 | | manufacturing base, critical supply chains, 8 |
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382 | 382 | | and workforce of the United States and 9 |
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383 | 383 | | countries that are allies or key inter-10 |
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384 | 384 | | national partner nations that can sustain 11 |
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385 | 385 | | critical industries (including critical indus-12 |
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386 | 386 | | tries for emerging technologies) through a 13 |
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387 | 387 | | supply chain shock; and 14 |
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388 | 388 | | (ii) the effect innovation has on do-15 |
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389 | 389 | | mestic manufacturers; 16 |
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390 | 390 | | (G) assesses the flexible manufacturing ca-17 |
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391 | 391 | | pacity and capability available in the United 18 |
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392 | 392 | | States in the case of a supply chain shock; and 19 |
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393 | 393 | | (H) develops a strategy for the Depart-20 |
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394 | 394 | | ment of Commerce to support the resilience, di-21 |
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395 | 395 | | versity, and strength of critical supply chains 22 |
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396 | 396 | | and critical and emerging technologies to— 23 |
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397 | 397 | | (i) support sufficient access to critical 24 |
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403 | 403 | | chains concentrated in countries that are 2 |
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404 | 404 | | described in section 7(2)(B); 3 |
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405 | 405 | | (ii) consult with other relevant agen-4 |
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406 | 406 | | cies to assist countries that are allies or 5 |
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407 | 407 | | key international partner nations in build-6 |
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408 | 408 | | ing capacity for manufacturing critical 7 |
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409 | 409 | | goods; 8 |
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410 | 410 | | (iii) recover from supply chain shocks; 9 |
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411 | 411 | | (iv) identify, in consultation with the 10 |
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412 | 412 | | Working Group and other relevant agen-11 |
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413 | 413 | | cies, actions relating to critical supply 12 |
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414 | 414 | | chains or emerging technologies that the 13 |
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415 | 415 | | United States may take to improve re-14 |
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416 | 416 | | sponses to supply chain shocks; 15 |
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417 | 417 | | (v) protect against supply chain 16 |
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418 | 418 | | shocks relating to critical supply chains 17 |
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419 | 419 | | from countries that are described in sec-18 |
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420 | 420 | | tion 7(2)(B); and 19 |
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421 | 421 | | (vi) make specific recommendations to 20 |
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422 | 422 | | implement the strategy under this section 21 |
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423 | 423 | | and improve the security and resiliency of 22 |
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424 | 424 | | manufacturing capacity and supply chains 23 |
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425 | 425 | | for critical industries (including critical in-24 |
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426 | 426 | | dustries for emerging technologies) by— 25 |
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430 | 430 | | (I) developing long-term strate-1 |
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431 | 431 | | gies; 2 |
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432 | 432 | | (II) increasing visibility into the 3 |
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433 | 433 | | networks and capabilities of domestic 4 |
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434 | 434 | | manufacturers and suppliers of do-5 |
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435 | 435 | | mestic manufacturers; 6 |
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436 | 436 | | (III) identifying and mitigating 7 |
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437 | 437 | | risks, including— 8 |
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438 | 438 | | (aa) significant 9 |
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439 | 439 | | vulnerabilities to supply chain 10 |
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440 | 440 | | shocks; and 11 |
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441 | 441 | | (bb) exposure to gaps and 12 |
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442 | 442 | | vulnerabilities in domestic capac-13 |
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443 | 443 | | ity or capabilities and sources of 14 |
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444 | 444 | | imports needed to sustain critical 15 |
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445 | 445 | | industries (including critical in-16 |
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446 | 446 | | dustries for emerging tech-17 |
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447 | 447 | | nologies) or critical supply 18 |
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448 | 448 | | chains; 19 |
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449 | 449 | | (IV) identifying opportunities to 20 |
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450 | 450 | | reuse and recycle critical goods, in-21 |
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451 | 451 | | cluding raw materials, to increase re-22 |
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452 | 452 | | silient critical supply chains; 23 |
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456 | 456 | | (V) consulting with countries 1 |
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457 | 457 | | that are allies or key international 2 |
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458 | 458 | | partner nations on— 3 |
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459 | 459 | | (aa) sourcing critical goods, 4 |
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460 | 460 | | production equipment, and man-5 |
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461 | 461 | | ufacturing technology; and 6 |
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462 | 462 | | (bb) developing, sustaining, 7 |
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463 | 463 | | and expanding production and 8 |
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464 | 464 | | availability of critical goods, pro-9 |
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465 | 465 | | duction equipment, and manufac-10 |
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466 | 466 | | turing technology during a supply 11 |
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467 | 467 | | chain shock; and 12 |
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468 | 468 | | (VI) providing guidance to other 13 |
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469 | 469 | | relevant agencies with respect to crit-14 |
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470 | 470 | | ical goods, supply chains, and critical 15 |
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471 | 471 | | industries (including critical industries 16 |
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472 | 472 | | for emerging technologies) that should 17 |
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473 | 473 | | be prioritized to support United 18 |
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474 | 474 | | States leadership in the deployment of 19 |
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475 | 475 | | such technologies. 20 |
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476 | 476 | | (2) P |
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477 | 477 | | ROHIBITION.—The report submitted pur-21 |
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478 | 478 | | suant to paragraph (1) may not include— 22 |
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479 | 479 | | (A) critical supply chain information that 23 |
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485 | 485 | | private sector entity; or 2 |
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486 | 486 | | (C) classified information. 3 |
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487 | 487 | | (3) F |
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488 | 488 | | ORM.—The report submitted pursuant to 4 |
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489 | 489 | | paragraph (1), and any update submitted thereafter, 5 |
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490 | 490 | | shall be submitted to the relevant committees of 6 |
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491 | 491 | | Congress in unclassified form and may include a 7 |
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492 | 492 | | classified annex. 8 |
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493 | 493 | | (4) P |
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494 | 494 | | UBLIC COMMENT .—The Assistant Sec-9 |
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495 | 495 | | retary shall provide for a period of public comment 10 |
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496 | 496 | | and review in developing the report submitted pursu-11 |
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497 | 497 | | ant to paragraph (1). 12 |
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498 | 498 | | (g) C |
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499 | 499 | | ONSULTATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 13 |
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500 | 500 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 14 |
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501 | 501 | | shall enter into an agreement with the head of any rel-15 |
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502 | 502 | | evant agency to obtain any information, data, or assist-16 |
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503 | 503 | | ance that the Assistant Secretary determines necessary to 17 |
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504 | 504 | | conduct the activities described in subsection (b). 18 |
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505 | 505 | | (h) R |
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506 | 506 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-19 |
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507 | 507 | | tion may be construed to require any private entity— 20 |
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508 | 508 | | (1) to share information with the Secretary or 21 |
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509 | 509 | | Assistant Secretary; 22 |
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510 | 510 | | (2) to request assistance from the Secretary or 23 |
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511 | 511 | | Assistant Secretary; or 24 |
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516 | 516 | | tion suggested by the Secretary or Assistant Sec-2 |
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517 | 517 | | retary in response to a request by the private entity. 3 |
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518 | 518 | | (i) P |
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519 | 519 | | ROTECTION OF VOLUNTARILYSHAREDCRIT-4 |
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520 | 520 | | ICALSUPPLYCHAININFORMATION.— 5 |
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521 | 521 | | (1) P |
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522 | 522 | | ROTECTION.— 6 |
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523 | 523 | | (A) I |
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524 | 524 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 7 |
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525 | 525 | | other provision of law, critical supply chain in-8 |
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526 | 526 | | formation (including the identity of the submit-9 |
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527 | 527 | | ting person or entity) that is voluntarily sub-10 |
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528 | 528 | | mitted under this section to the Department of 11 |
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529 | 529 | | Commerce for use by the Department for pur-12 |
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530 | 530 | | poses of this section, when accompanied by an 13 |
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531 | 531 | | express statement described in subparagraph 14 |
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532 | 532 | | (B)— 15 |
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533 | 533 | | (i) shall be exempt from disclosure 16 |
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534 | 534 | | under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United 17 |
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535 | 535 | | States Code (commonly referred to as the 18 |
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536 | 536 | | ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); 19 |
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537 | 537 | | (ii) is not subject to any agency rules 20 |
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538 | 538 | | or judicial doctrine regarding ex parte 21 |
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539 | 539 | | communications with a decision-making of-22 |
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540 | 540 | | ficial; 23 |
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541 | 541 | | (iii) may not, without the written con-24 |
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542 | 542 | | sent of the person or entity submitting 25 |
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547 | 547 | | Department of Commerce, any other Fed-2 |
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548 | 548 | | eral, State, or local authority, or any third 3 |
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549 | 549 | | party, in any civil action arising under 4 |
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550 | 550 | | Federal or State law if such information is 5 |
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551 | 551 | | submitted in good faith; 6 |
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552 | 552 | | (iv) may not, without the written con-7 |
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553 | 553 | | sent of the person or entity submitting 8 |
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554 | 554 | | such information, be used or disclosed by 9 |
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555 | 555 | | any officer or employee of the United 10 |
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556 | 556 | | States for purposes other than the pur-11 |
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557 | 557 | | poses of this section, except— 12 |
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558 | 558 | | (I) in furtherance of an investiga-13 |
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559 | 559 | | tion or the prosecution of a criminal 14 |
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560 | 560 | | act; or 15 |
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561 | 561 | | (II) when disclosure of the infor-16 |
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562 | 562 | | mation would be— 17 |
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563 | 563 | | (aa) to either House of Con-18 |
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564 | 564 | | gress, or to the extent of matter 19 |
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565 | 565 | | within its jurisdiction, any com-20 |
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566 | 566 | | mittee or subcommittee thereof, 21 |
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567 | 567 | | any joint committee thereof, or 22 |
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568 | 568 | | any subcommittee of any such 23 |
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569 | 569 | | joint committee; or 24 |
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574 | 574 | | eral of the United States, or any 2 |
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575 | 575 | | authorized representative of the 3 |
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576 | 576 | | Comptroller General, in the 4 |
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577 | 577 | | course of the performance of the 5 |
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578 | 578 | | duties of the Government Ac-6 |
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579 | 579 | | countability Office; 7 |
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580 | 580 | | (v) may not, if provided to a State or 8 |
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581 | 581 | | local government or government agency— 9 |
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582 | 582 | | (I) be made available pursuant to 10 |
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583 | 583 | | any State or local law requiring dis-11 |
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584 | 584 | | closure of information or records; 12 |
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585 | 585 | | (II) otherwise be disclosed or dis-13 |
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586 | 586 | | tributed to any party by such State or 14 |
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587 | 587 | | local government or government agen-15 |
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588 | 588 | | cy without the written consent of the 16 |
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589 | 589 | | person or entity submitting such in-17 |
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590 | 590 | | formation; or 18 |
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591 | 591 | | (III) be used other than for the 19 |
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592 | 592 | | purpose of carrying out this section, 20 |
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593 | 593 | | or in furtherance of an investigation 21 |
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594 | 594 | | or the prosecution of a criminal act; 22 |
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595 | 595 | | and 23 |
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596 | 596 | | (vi) does not constitute a waiver of 24 |
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597 | 597 | | any applicable privilege or protection pro-25 |
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602 | 602 | | tection. 2 |
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603 | 603 | | (B) E |
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604 | 604 | | XPRESS STATEMENT .—The express 3 |
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605 | 605 | | statement described in this subparagraph, with 4 |
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606 | 606 | | respect to information or records, is— 5 |
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607 | 607 | | (i) in the case of written information 6 |
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608 | 608 | | or records, a written marking on the infor-7 |
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609 | 609 | | mation or records substantially similar to 8 |
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610 | 610 | | the following: ‘‘This information is volun-9 |
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611 | 611 | | tarily submitted to the Federal Govern-10 |
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612 | 612 | | ment in expectation of protection from dis-11 |
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613 | 613 | | closure as provided by the provisions of the 12 |
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614 | 614 | | Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 13 |
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615 | 615 | | 2024.’’; or 14 |
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616 | 616 | | (ii) in the case of oral information, a 15 |
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617 | 617 | | written statement similar to the statement 16 |
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618 | 618 | | described in clause (i) submitted within a 17 |
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619 | 619 | | reasonable period following the oral com-18 |
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620 | 620 | | munication. 19 |
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621 | 621 | | (2) L |
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622 | 622 | | IMITATION.—No communication of critical 20 |
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623 | 623 | | supply chain information to the Department of Com-21 |
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624 | 624 | | merce made pursuant to this section may be consid-22 |
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625 | 625 | | ered to be an action subject to the requirements of 23 |
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626 | 626 | | chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code. 24 |
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631 | 631 | | TION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed 2 |
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632 | 632 | | to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a State, 3 |
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633 | 633 | | local, or Federal Government entity, agency, or au-4 |
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634 | 634 | | thority, or any third party, under applicable law to 5 |
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635 | 635 | | obtain critical supply chain information in a manner 6 |
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636 | 636 | | not covered by paragraph (1), including any infor-7 |
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637 | 637 | | mation lawfully and properly disclosed generally or 8 |
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638 | 638 | | broadly to the public and to use such information in 9 |
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639 | 639 | | any manner permitted by law. For purposes of this 10 |
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640 | 640 | | subsection, a permissible use of independently ob-11 |
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641 | 641 | | tained information includes the disclosure of such in-12 |
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642 | 642 | | formation under section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 13 |
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643 | 643 | | United States Code. 14 |
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644 | 644 | | (4) T |
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645 | 645 | | REATMENT OF VOLUNTARY SUBMITTAL OF 15 |
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646 | 646 | | INFORMATION.—The voluntary submittal to the De-16 |
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647 | 647 | | partment of Commerce of information or records 17 |
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648 | 648 | | that are protected from disclosure by this section 18 |
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649 | 649 | | may not be construed to constitute compliance with 19 |
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650 | 650 | | any requirement to submit such information to an 20 |
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651 | 651 | | agency under any other provision of law. 21 |
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652 | 652 | | (5) I |
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653 | 653 | | NAPPLICABILITY TO SEMICONDUCTOR IN -22 |
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654 | 654 | | CENTIVE PROGRAM.—This subsection does not apply 23 |
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655 | 655 | | to the voluntary submission of critical supply chain 24 |
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656 | 656 | | information in an application for Federal financial 25 |
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661 | 661 | | (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 2 |
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662 | 662 | | Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 3 |
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663 | 663 | | SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CAPABILITY ASSESS-4 |
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664 | 664 | | MENT. 5 |
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665 | 665 | | (a) R |
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666 | 666 | | EPORTREQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 6 |
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667 | 667 | | produce a report— 7 |
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668 | 668 | | (1) identifying the duties, responsibilities, re-8 |
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669 | 669 | | sources, programs, and expertise within the offices 9 |
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670 | 670 | | and bureaus of the Department of Commerce rel-10 |
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671 | 671 | | evant to critical supply chain resilience and manu-11 |
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672 | 672 | | facturing innovation; 12 |
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673 | 673 | | (2) identifying and assessing the purpose, legal 13 |
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674 | 674 | | authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of 14 |
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675 | 675 | | each office or bureau identified under paragraph (1); 15 |
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676 | 676 | | and 16 |
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677 | 677 | | (3) providing recommendations to enhance the 17 |
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678 | 678 | | activities related to critical supply chain resilience 18 |
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679 | 679 | | and manufacturing innovation of the Department of 19 |
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680 | 680 | | Commerce, including— 20 |
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681 | 681 | | (A) improving the effectiveness, efficiency, 21 |
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682 | 682 | | and impact of the offices and bureaus identified 22 |
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683 | 683 | | under paragraph (1); 23 |
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684 | 684 | | (B) coordinating across offices and bu-24 |
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691 | 691 | | resilience and manufacturing innovation. 3 |
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692 | 692 | | (b) S |
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693 | 693 | | UBMISSION OFREPORT.—Not later than 2 years 4 |
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694 | 694 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5 |
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695 | 695 | | shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress the 6 |
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696 | 696 | | report required by subsection (a), along with a strategy 7 |
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697 | 697 | | to implement, as appropriate and as determined by the 8 |
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698 | 698 | | Secretary, the recommendations contained in the report. 9 |
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699 | 699 | | SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 10 |
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700 | 700 | | No additional funds are authorized to be appro-11 |
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701 | 701 | | priated to carry out this Act. 12 |
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702 | 702 | | SEC. 6. SUNSET. 13 |
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703 | 703 | | This Act and all requirements, responsibilities, and 14 |
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704 | 704 | | obligations under this Act shall terminate on the date that 15 |
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705 | 705 | | is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16 |
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706 | 706 | | SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 17 |
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707 | 707 | | In this Act: 18 |
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708 | 708 | | (1) A |
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709 | 709 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 19 |
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710 | 710 | | meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 20 |
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711 | 711 | | United States Code. 21 |
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712 | 712 | | (2) A |
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713 | 713 | | LLY OR KEY INTERNATIONAL PARTNER 22 |
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714 | 714 | | NATION.—The term ‘‘ally or key international part-23 |
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715 | 715 | | ner nation’’— 24 |
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720 | 720 | | dressing critical supply chain weaknesses and 2 |
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721 | 721 | | vulnerabilities; and 3 |
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722 | 722 | | (B) does not include— 4 |
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723 | 723 | | (i) a country that poses a significant 5 |
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724 | 724 | | risk to the national security or economic 6 |
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725 | 725 | | security of the United States; or 7 |
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726 | 726 | | (ii) a country that is described in sec-8 |
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727 | 727 | | tion 503(b) of the RANSOMWARE Act 9 |
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728 | 728 | | (title V of division BB of the Consolidated 10 |
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729 | 729 | | Appropriations Act, 2023; Public Law 11 |
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730 | 730 | | 117–328; 136 Stat. 5564). 12 |
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731 | 731 | | (3) A |
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732 | 732 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-13 |
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733 | 733 | | ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 14 |
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734 | 734 | | Commerce assigned by the Secretary to direct the 15 |
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735 | 735 | | office of Industry and Analysis. 16 |
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736 | 736 | | (4) C |
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737 | 737 | | OVERED NONGOVERNMENTAL REPRESENT -17 |
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738 | 738 | | ATIVE.—The term ‘‘covered nongovernmental rep-18 |
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739 | 739 | | resentative’’ means a representative as specified in 19 |
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740 | 740 | | the second sentence of section 135(b)(1) of the 20 |
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741 | 741 | | Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(b)(1)), except 21 |
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742 | 742 | | that such term does not include a representative of 22 |
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743 | 743 | | a non-Federal Government. 23 |
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744 | 744 | | (5) C |
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745 | 745 | | RITICAL GOOD.—The term ‘‘critical good’’ 24 |
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751 | 751 | | essed material), article, commodity, supply, product, 2 |
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752 | 752 | | or item for which an absence of supply would have 3 |
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753 | 753 | | a debilitating impact on— 4 |
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754 | 754 | | (A) the national security or economic secu-5 |
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755 | 755 | | rity of the United States; and 6 |
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756 | 756 | | (B) either— 7 |
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757 | 757 | | (i) critical infrastructure; or 8 |
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758 | 758 | | (ii) an emerging technology. 9 |
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759 | 759 | | (6) C |
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760 | 760 | | RITICAL INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘critical 10 |
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761 | 761 | | industry’’ means an industry that— 11 |
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762 | 762 | | (A) is critical for the national security or 12 |
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763 | 763 | | economic security of the United States; and 13 |
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764 | 764 | | (B) produces or procures a critical good. 14 |
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765 | 765 | | (7) C |
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766 | 766 | | RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 15 |
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767 | 767 | | ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that 16 |
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768 | 768 | | term in section 1016 of the Critical Infrastructures 17 |
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769 | 769 | | Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c). 18 |
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770 | 770 | | (8) C |
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771 | 771 | | RITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘crit-19 |
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772 | 772 | | ical supply chain’’ means a supply chain for a crit-20 |
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773 | 773 | | ical good. 21 |
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774 | 774 | | (9) C |
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775 | 775 | | RITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION .— 22 |
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776 | 776 | | The term ‘‘critical supply chain information’’ means 23 |
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777 | 777 | | information that is not customarily in the public do-24 |
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778 | 778 | | main and relates to— 25 |
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783 | 783 | | ply chain during a supply chain shock; 2 |
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784 | 784 | | (B) critical supply chain risk mitigation 3 |
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785 | 785 | | and recovery planning with respect to a supply 4 |
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786 | 786 | | chain shock, including any planned or past as-5 |
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787 | 787 | | sessment, projection, or estimate of a vulner-6 |
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788 | 788 | | ability within the critical supply chain, includ-7 |
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789 | 789 | | ing testing, supplier network assessments, pro-8 |
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790 | 790 | | duction flexibility, supply chain risk evaluations, 9 |
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791 | 791 | | supply chain risk management planning, or risk 10 |
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792 | 792 | | audits; or 11 |
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793 | 793 | | (C) operational best practices, planning, 12 |
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794 | 794 | | and supplier partnerships that enable enhanced 13 |
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795 | 795 | | resilience of a critical supply chain during a 14 |
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796 | 796 | | supply chain shock, including response, repair, 15 |
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797 | 797 | | recovery, reconstruction, insurance, or con-16 |
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798 | 798 | | tinuity. 17 |
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799 | 799 | | (10) D |
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800 | 800 | | OMESTIC ENTERPRISE .—The term ‘‘do-18 |
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801 | 801 | | mestic enterprise’’ means an enterprise that con-19 |
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802 | 802 | | ducts business in the United States and procures a 20 |
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803 | 803 | | critical good. 21 |
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804 | 804 | | (11) D |
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805 | 805 | | OMESTIC MANUFACTURER .—The term 22 |
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806 | 806 | | ‘‘domestic manufacturer’’ means a business that 23 |
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807 | 807 | | conducts in the United States the research and de-24 |
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812 | 812 | | essary for manufacturing a critical good. 2 |
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813 | 813 | | (12) E |
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814 | 814 | | MERGING TECHNOLOGY .—The term 3 |
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815 | 815 | | ‘‘emerging technology’’ means a technology that is 4 |
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816 | 816 | | critical for the national security or economic security 5 |
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817 | 817 | | of the United States, including the following: 6 |
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818 | 818 | | (A) Technologies included in the American 7 |
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819 | 819 | | COMPETE Act (title XV of division FF of the 8 |
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820 | 820 | | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; Public 9 |
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821 | 821 | | Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3276). 10 |
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822 | 822 | | (B) The following technologies: 11 |
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823 | 823 | | (i) Artificial intelligence. 12 |
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824 | 824 | | (ii) Automated vehicles and unmanned 13 |
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825 | 825 | | delivery systems. 14 |
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826 | 826 | | (iii) Blockchain and other distributed 15 |
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827 | 827 | | ledger, data storage, data management, 16 |
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828 | 828 | | and cybersecurity technologies. 17 |
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829 | 829 | | (iv) Quantum computing and quan-18 |
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830 | 830 | | tum sensing. 19 |
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831 | 831 | | (v) Additive manufacturing. 20 |
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832 | 832 | | (vi) Advanced manufacturing and the 21 |
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833 | 833 | | Internet of Things. 22 |
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834 | 834 | | (vii) Nano technology. 23 |
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835 | 835 | | (viii) Robotics. 24 |
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840 | 840 | | and high performance and advanced com-2 |
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841 | 841 | | puter hardware and software. 3 |
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842 | 842 | | (x) Semiconductors. 4 |
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843 | 843 | | (xi) Advanced materials science, in-5 |
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844 | 844 | | cluding composition 2D, other next genera-6 |
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845 | 845 | | tion materials, and related manufacturing 7 |
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846 | 846 | | technologies. 8 |
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847 | 847 | | (13) I |
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848 | 848 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 9 |
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849 | 849 | | The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 10 |
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850 | 850 | | meaning given that term in section 101 of the High-11 |
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851 | 851 | | er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 12 |
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852 | 852 | | (14) M |
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853 | 853 | | ANUFACTURE.—The term ‘‘manufac-13 |
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854 | 854 | | ture’’— 14 |
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855 | 855 | | (A) means any activity that is necessary 15 |
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856 | 856 | | for the development, production, processing, 16 |
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857 | 857 | | distribution, or delivery of any raw, in process, 17 |
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858 | 858 | | or manufactured material (including any min-18 |
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859 | 859 | | eral, metal, and advanced processed material), 19 |
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860 | 860 | | article, commodity, supply, product, critical 20 |
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861 | 861 | | good, or item of supply; and 21 |
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862 | 862 | | (B) does not include software unrelated to 22 |
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863 | 863 | | the manufacturing process. 23 |
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864 | 864 | | (15) M |
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865 | 865 | | ANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY .—The 24 |
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866 | 866 | | term ‘‘manufacturing technology’’ means a tech-25 |
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871 | 871 | | critical good. 2 |
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872 | 872 | | (16) P |
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873 | 873 | | RODUCTION EQUIPMENT .—The term 3 |
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874 | 874 | | ‘‘production equipment’’ means any component, sub-4 |
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875 | 875 | | system, system, equipment, tooling, accessory, part, 5 |
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876 | 876 | | or assembly necessary for the manufacturing of a 6 |
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877 | 877 | | critical good. 7 |
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878 | 878 | | (17) P |
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879 | 879 | | ROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 8 |
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880 | 880 | | the critical supply chain resiliency and crisis re-9 |
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881 | 881 | | sponse program established pursuant to section 10 |
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882 | 882 | | 103(a). 11 |
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883 | 883 | | (18) R |
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884 | 884 | | ELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS .— 12 |
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885 | 885 | | The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ means 13 |
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886 | 886 | | the following: 14 |
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887 | 887 | | (A) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 15 |
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888 | 888 | | and Transportation of the Senate. 16 |
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889 | 889 | | (B) The Committee on Energy and Com-17 |
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890 | 890 | | merce of the House of Representatives. 18 |
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891 | 891 | | (19) R |
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892 | 892 | | ESILIENT CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN .—The 19 |
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893 | 893 | | term ‘‘resilient critical supply chain’’ means a crit-20 |
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894 | 894 | | ical supply chain that— 21 |
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895 | 895 | | (A) ensures that the United States can 22 |
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896 | 896 | | sustain critical industry, including emerging 23 |
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897 | 897 | | technologies, production, critical supply chains, 24 |
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898 | 898 | | services, and access to critical goods, production 25 |
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903 | 903 | | ing a supply chain shock; and 2 |
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904 | 904 | | (B) has key components of resilience that 3 |
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905 | 905 | | include— 4 |
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906 | 906 | | (i) effective private sector risk man-5 |
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907 | 907 | | agement and mitigation planning to sus-6 |
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908 | 908 | | tain critical supply chains and supplier 7 |
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909 | 909 | | networks during a supply chain shock; and 8 |
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910 | 910 | | (ii) minimized or managed exposure to 9 |
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911 | 911 | | a supply chain shock. 10 |
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912 | 912 | | (20) S |
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913 | 913 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 11 |
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914 | 914 | | means the Secretary of Commerce. 12 |
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915 | 915 | | (21) S |
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916 | 916 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 13 |
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917 | 917 | | the several States, the District of Columbia, each 14 |
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918 | 918 | | commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 15 |
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919 | 919 | | States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 16 |
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920 | 920 | | (22) S |
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921 | 921 | | UPPLY CHAIN SHOCK.—The term ‘‘supply 17 |
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922 | 922 | | chain shock’’— 18 |
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923 | 923 | | (A) means an event causing severe or seri-19 |
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924 | 924 | | ous disruption to normal operations or capacity 20 |
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925 | 925 | | in a supply chain; and 21 |
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926 | 926 | | (B) includes— 22 |
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927 | 927 | | (i) a natural disaster; 23 |
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928 | 928 | | (ii) a pandemic; 24 |
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929 | 929 | | (iii) a biological threat; 25 |
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934 | 934 | | (v) a geopolitical conflict; 2 |
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935 | 935 | | (vi) a terrorist or geopolitical attack; 3 |
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936 | 936 | | (vii) a trade disruption caused by— 4 |
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937 | 937 | | (I) a country described in para-5 |
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938 | 938 | | graph (2)(B); or 6 |
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939 | 939 | | (II) an entity or an individual 7 |
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940 | 940 | | subject to the jurisdiction of such a 8 |
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941 | 941 | | country; and 9 |
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942 | 942 | | (viii) an event for which the President 10 |
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943 | 943 | | declares a major disaster or an emergency 11 |
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944 | 944 | | under section 401 or 501, respectively, of 12 |
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945 | 945 | | the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 13 |
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946 | 946 | | Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 14 |
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947 | 947 | | 5170; 42 U.S.C. 5191). 15 |
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