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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3449 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a defense supply chain and 

industrial base strategy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. MANZULLO, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. JONES, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, and Mr. KISSELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a defense 

supply chain and industrial base strategy, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Supply Chain 

5 and Industrial Base Security Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OF A 

2 DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN AND INDUSTRIAL 

3 BASE STRATEGY. 

4 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De5 fense shall develop a defense supply chain and industrial 

6 base strategy, and subsequent plan, designed to secure the 

7 supply chain and industrial base sectors that the Secretary 

8 judges critical to the national security of the United 

9 States. The strategy and plan shall result in the mapping 

10 of the defense supply chain and industrial base, and such 

11 mapping and subsequent plan shall, at minimum— 

12 (1) attain high visibility into the Department of 

13 Defense supply chain from raw materials to final 

14 products with optimized identification of all direct 

15 and indirect contractors, customers, suppliers, and 

16 suppliers of suppliers to the Department of Defense; 

17 (2) identify the interconnections and relation18 ships of all public and private direct and indirect 

19 contractors, customers, suppliers, and suppliers of 

20 suppliers to the Department of Defense; 

21 (3) include detailed business information on 

22 contractors, customers, suppliers, and suppliers of 

23 suppliers, along with accurate company sector and 

24 tier classification of all direct and indirect contrac25 tors, customers, suppliers, and suppliers of suppliers 

26 to the Department of Defense; 


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1 (4) safeguard access to those critical sectors of 

2 the industrial base and recognize those critical sec3 tors that are indigenous to the United States to be 

4 a national treasure; 

5 (5) be based on a prioritized assessment of risk 

6 and challenges to the defense supply chain and in7 dustrial base; 

8 (6) include, within the scale of the Secretary’s 

9 action, all current and emerging sectors of the de10 fense supply chain and industrial base that he deems 

11 critical to the national security of the Unites States; 

12 and 

13 (7) provide reasonable assurance that the Sec14 retary has the ability to timely and rapidly mobilize 

15 and surge the defense supply chain and industrial 

16 base sectors deemed critical to the national security 

17 of the United States. 

18 (b) BIENNIAL REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense 

19 shall review the strategy and plan required in subsection 

20 (a) on a biennial basis. Such a review shall, at a min21 imum— 

22 (1) be conducted based on current mapping of 

23 the supply chain and industrial base structure and 

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1 ity relationship therein, and risks and opportunities 

2 therein; and 

3 (2) be informed by any changes or updates to 

4 the National Defense Strategy, National Military 

5 Strategy, national counterterrorism policy, homeland 

6 security policy, and the operational or contingency 

7 plans of the combatant commanders. 

8 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of De9 fense shall submit to Congress a report on the strategy 

10 and plan required in subsection (a) and the results of the 

11 biennial reports required in subsection (b). Such reports 

12 shall include: 

13 (1) A full description of the strategy required in 

14 subsection (a). 

15 (2) A complete description of the current supply 

16 chain and industrial base structure, an analysis of 

17 the landscape and activity relationship of the entities 

18 within the supply chain, and industrial base business 

19 network. 

20 (3) A description and analysis of the risks and 

21 challenges associated with disruption to the defense 

22 supply chain and industrial base. 

23 (4) The basis for the Secretary’s determination 

24 and prioritization of such risks and challenges. 


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1 (5) Findings from the reviews required in sub2 section (b). 

3 (6) Recommendations for policy or regulatory 

4 changes necessary to safeguard the defense supply 

5 chain and industrial base and its indigenous nature. 

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