Supply Chain Security and Resilience Act
This bill establishes a Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office within the Department of Commerce.
The office must monitor the supply chains for critical goods or services and collaborate with various stakeholders to respond to disruptions in those supply chains. Additionally, the office must support the development of voluntary standards for manufacturers of critical goods or services to address the resilience, diversity, security, and strength of their supply chains.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5505 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5505
To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in the
Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 5, 2021
Ms. Wild (for herself, Mr. Kinzinger, and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in the
Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supply Chain Security and Resilience
Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL RESILIENCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Office of the
Secretary of Commerce a Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response
Office to carry out the activities described in subsection (d).
(b) Mission.--The mission of the Office shall be the following:
(1) Help to promote the leadership of the United States
with respect to critical industries and supply chains that--
(A) strengthen the national security of the United
States; and
(B) have a significant effect on the economic
security of the United States.
(2) Encourage partnerships and collaboration with the
Federal Government and the private sector, labor organizations,
the governments of countries that are allies or key
international partners of the United States, State governments
and political subdivisions of a State, and Tribal governments
in order to--
(A) promote the resilience of supply chains; and
(B) respond to supply chain shocks to--
(i) critical industries; and
(ii) supply chains.
(3) Monitor the resilience, diversity, security, and
strength of supply chains and critical industries, including
by--
(A) monitoring the financial and operational
conditions of domestic manufacturers and domestic
enterprises;
(B) performing stress tests for critical
industries, supply chains, domestic enterprises, and
domestic manufacturers; and
(C) monitoring the demand and supply of critical
goods and services, industrial equipment, and
manufacturing technology.
(4) Support the development, maintenance, improvement,
competitiveness, restoration, and expansion of the productive
capacities, efficiency, and workforce of critical industries
and domestic manufacturers of critical goods and services,
industrial equipment, and manufacturing technology.
(5) Prepare for and take appropriate steps to minimize the
effects of supply chain shocks on critical industries and
supply chains.
(6) Support the creation of jobs with competitive wages in
the manufacturing sector.
(7) Encourage manufacturing growth and opportunities in
economically distressed areas and communities of color.
(8) Promote the health of the economy of the United States
and the competitiveness of manufacturing in the United States.
(9) Coordinate executive branch actions necessary to carry
out the functions described in paragraphs (1) through (8).
(c) Under Secretary of the Office.--
(1) Appointment and term.--The head of the Office shall be
the Under Secretary of the Office of Supply Chain Resiliency
and Crisis Response, appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of not more
than 5 years.
(2) Pay.--The Under Secretary shall be compensated at the
rate in effect for level II of the Executive Schedule under
section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Administrative authorities.--The Under Secretary may
appoint officers and employees in accordance with chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States
Code.
(d) In General.--The Under Secretary, in consultation with the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall,
on an ongoing basis, facilitate and support the development of a
voluntary set of standards, guidelines, best practices, management
strategies, methodologies, procedures, and processes for domestic
manufacturers and entities manufacturing, purchasing, or using a
critical good or service to--
(1) measure the resilience, diversity, security, and
strength of supply chains;
(2) evaluate the value of the resilience, diversity,
security, and strength of supply chains; and
(3) design organizational processes and incentives to
reduce the risks of disruption, strain, compromise, or
elimination of a supply chain.
(e) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (d), the Under
Secretary shall do the following:
(1) Coordinate closely and regularly with relevant private
sector personnel and entities, manufacturing extension centers
established as part of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension
Partnership, Manufacturing USA institutes as described in
section 34(d) of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(d)), and other relevant
stakeholders and incorporate industry expertise.
(2) Consult with the head of any relevant Federal agency,
including those with jurisdiction over supply chains, State and
local governments, Tribal governments, the governments of other
nations, and international organizations, as necessary.
(3) Identify a prioritized, flexible, repeatable,
performance-based, and cost-effective approach that may be
voluntarily adopted by domestic manufacturers and entities
purchasing or using a critical good or service to help them--
(A) identify, assess, and manage risks to supply
chains; and
(B) value the resilience, diversity, security, and
strength of their supply chain.
(4) Design voluntary processes for selecting suppliers that
support the resilience, diversity, security, and strength of
supply chains.
(5) Include methodologies to identify and mitigate the
effects of a disruption, strain, compromise, or elimination of
a supply chain.
(6) Disseminate research and information to assist domestic
manufacturers redesign products, expand manufacturing capacity,
and improve capabilities to meet domestic needs for critical
goods and services and supply chains.
(7) Incorporate relevant voluntary standards and industry
best practices.
(8) Consider small business concerns.
(9) Any other elements the Under Secretary determines to be
necessary.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Office $500,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 through
2027, to remain available until expended, for the Under Secretary to
carry out this section, of which not more than 2 percent per fiscal
year may be used for administrative costs.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical good or service.--The term ``critical good or
service'' means any raw, in process, or manufactured material
(including any mineral, metal, or advanced processed material),
article, commodity, supply, product, or item of supply the
absence of which would have a significant effect on--
(A) the national security or economic security of
the United States; and
(B) critical infrastructure.
(2) Domestic enterprise.--The term ``domestic enterprise''
means an enterprise that conducts business in the United States
and procures a critical good or service.
(3) Domestic manufacturer.--The term ``domestic
manufacturer'' means a business that--
(A) conducts in the United States the research and
development, engineering, or production activities
necessary or incidental to manufacturing; or
(B) if provided financial assistance by the Federal
Government, will conduct in the United States the
research and development, engineering, or production
activities necessary or incidental to manufacturing.
(4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5,
United States Code.
(5) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Supply Chain
Resiliency and Crisis Response Office established under
subsection (a).
(6) Small business concern.--The term ``small business
concern'' has the meaning given that term in section 3(a) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).
(7) Supply chain.--The term ``supply chain'' means a supply
chain for a critical good or service.
(8) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means
the Under Secretary of the Office of Supply Chain Resiliency
and Crisis Response appointed pursuant to subsection (c).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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