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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 826 

To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in the Department 

of Commerce, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 

Ms. WILD (for herself, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. DINGELL, and Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish a National Resilience Center of Excellence in 

the Department of Commerce, 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 ‘‘Supply Chain Security 

5 and Resilience Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL RESILIENCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

8 Office of the Secretary of Commerce a Supply Chain Resil9 iency and Crisis Response Office to carry out the activities 

10 described in subsection (d). 


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1 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the Office shall be the 

2 following: 

3 (1) Help to promote the leadership of the 

4 United States with respect to critical industries and 

5 supply chains that— 

6 (A) strengthen the national security of the 

7 United States; and 

8 (B) have a significant effect on the eco9 nomic security of the United States. 

10 (2) Encourage partnerships and collaboration 

11 with the Federal Government and the private sector, 

12 labor organizations, the governments of countries 

13 that are allies or key international partners of the 

14 United States, State governments and political sub15 divisions of a State, and Tribal governments in order 

16 to— 

17 (A) promote the resilience of supply 

18 chains; and 

19 (B) respond to supply chain shocks to— 

20 (i) critical industries; and 

21 (ii) supply chains. 

22 (3) Monitor the resilience, diversity, security, 

23 and strength of supply chains and critical industries, 

24 including by— 


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1 (A) monitoring the financial and oper2 ational conditions of domestic manufacturers 

3 and domestic enterprises; 

4 (B) performing stress tests for critical in5 dustries, supply chains, domestic enterprises, 

6 and domestic manufacturers; and 

7 (C) monitoring the demand and supply of 

8 critical goods and services, industrial equip9 ment, and manufacturing technology. 

10 (4) Support the development, maintenance, im11 provement, competitiveness, restoration, and expan12 sion of the productive capacities, efficiency, and 

13 workforce of critical industries and domestic manu14 facturers of critical goods and services, industrial 

15 equipment, and manufacturing technology. 

16 (5) Prepare for and take appropriate steps to 

17 minimize the effects of supply chain shocks on crit18 ical industries and supply chains. 

19 (6) Support the creation of jobs with competi20 tive wages in the manufacturing sector. 

21 (7) Encourage manufacturing growth and op22 portunities in economically distressed areas and 

23 communities of color. 


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1 (8) Promote the health of the economy of the 

2 United States and the competitiveness of manufac3 turing in the United States. 

4 (9) Coordinate executive branch actions nec5 essary to carry out the functions described in para6 graphs (1) through (8). 

7 (c) UNDER SECRETARY OF THE OFFICE.— 

8 (1) APPOINTMENT AND TERM.—The head of 

9 the Office shall be the Under Secretary of the Office 

10 of Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response, ap11 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

12 consent of the Senate, for a term of not more than 

13 5 years. 

14 (2) PAY.—The Under Secretary shall be com15 pensated at the rate in effect for level II of the Ex16 ecutive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, 

17 United States Code. 

18 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.—The 

19 Under Secretary may appoint officers and employees 

20 in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of 

21 chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (d) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, in consulta23 tion with the Director of the National Institute of Stand24 ards and Technology, shall, on an ongoing basis, facilitate 

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1 ards, guidelines, best practices, management strategies, 

2 methodologies, procedures, and processes for domestic 

3 manufacturers and entities manufacturing, purchasing, or 

4 using a critical good or service to— 

5 (1) measure the resilience, diversity, security, 

6 and strength of supply chains; 

7 (2) evaluate the value of the resilience, diver8 sity, security, and strength of supply chains; and 

9 (3) design organizational processes and incen10 tives to reduce the risks of disruption, strain, com11 promise, or elimination of a supply chain. 

12 (e) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (d), 

13 the Under Secretary shall do the following: 

14 (1) Coordinate closely and regularly with rel15 evant private sector personnel and entities, manufac16 turing extension centers established as part of the 

17 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 

18 Manufacturing USA institutes as described in sec19 tion 34(d) of the National Institute of Standards 

20 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(d)), and other 

21 relevant stakeholders and incorporate industry ex22 pertise. 

23 (2) Consult with the head of any relevant Fed24 eral agency, including those with jurisdiction over 

25 supply chains, State and local governments, Tribal 


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1 governments, the governments of other nations, and 

2 international organizations, as necessary. 

3 (3) Identify a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, 

4 performance-based, and cost-effective approach that 

5 may be voluntarily adopted by domestic manufactur6 ers and entities purchasing or using a critical good 

7 or service to help them— 

8 (A) identify, assess, and manage risks to 

9 supply chains; and 

10 (B) value the resilience, diversity, security, 

11 and strength of their supply chain. 

12 (4) Design voluntary processes for selecting 

13 suppliers that support the resilience, diversity, secu14 rity, and strength of supply chains. 

15 (5) Include methodologies to identify and miti16 gate the effects of a disruption, strain, compromise, 

17 or elimination of a supply chain. 

18 (6) Disseminate research and information to as19 sist domestic manufacturers redesign products, ex20 pand manufacturing capacity, and improve capabili21 ties to meet domestic needs for critical goods and 

22 services and supply chains. 

23 (7) Incorporate relevant voluntary standards 

24 and industry best practices. 

25 (8) Consider small business concerns. 


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1 (9) Any other elements the Under Secretary de2 termines to be necessary. 

3 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Office $500,000,000 

5 for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, to remain available 

6 until expended, for the Under Secretary to carry out this 

7 section, of which not more than 2 percent per fiscal year 

8 may be used for administrative costs. 

9 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) CRITICAL GOOD OR SERVICE.—The term 

11 ‘‘critical good or service’’ means any raw, in process, 

12 or manufactured material (including any mineral, 

13 metal, or advanced processed material), article, com14 modity, supply, product, or item of supply the ab15 sence of which would have a significant effect on— 

16 (A) the national security or economic secu17 rity of the United States; and 

18 (B) critical infrastructure. 

19 (2) DOMESTIC ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘do20 mestic enterprise’’ means an enterprise that con21 ducts business in the United States and procures a 

22 critical good or service. 

23 (3) DOMESTIC MANUFACTURER.—The term 

24 ‘‘domestic manufacturer’’ means a business that— 


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1 (A) conducts in the United States the re2 search and development, engineering, or pro3 duction activities necessary or incidental to 

4 manufacturing; or 

5 (B) if provided financial assistance by the 

6 Federal Government, will conduct in the United 

7 States the research and development, engineer8 ing, or production activities necessary or inci9 dental to manufacturing. 

10 (4) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

11 agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 

12 in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

13 (5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 

14 Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office 

15 established under subsection (a). 

16 (6) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

17 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

18 that term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 

19 (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

20 (7) SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘supply chain’’ 

21 means a supply chain for a critical good or service. 

22 (8) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 

23 Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of the Office 


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1 of Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response ap2 pointed pursuant to subsection (c). 

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