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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3135 

To ensure the maintenance of critical supply lines within the defense 

industrial base. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2021 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To ensure the maintenance of critical supply lines within 

the defense industrial base. 

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

3 SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE OF CRITICAL SUPPLY LINES. 

4 (a) ADDITION OF CERTAIN ITEMS TO LIST OF HIGH5 PRIORITY GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ANALYSES, REC6 OMMENDATIONS, AND ACTIONS RELATED TO SOURCING

7 AND INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY.—Section 849(c) of the Wil8 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza9 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is 


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1 amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(14) Unmanned aerial systems.’’. 

4 (b) DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY

5 AREAS.—Section 217(b)(2) of the William M. (Mac) 

6 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

7 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

9 and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semi11 colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(C) a strategy to support domestic manu15 facturing and industrial base capabilities to 

16 support future defense requirements;’’. 

17 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ASSISTANT

18 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INDUSTRIAL BASE POL19 ICY.— 

20 (1) BRIEFING AND REPORT.—Not later than 

21 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

22 the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

23 brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen24 ate and the House of Representatives on the Comp25 troller General’s preliminary findings related to the 


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1 topics set forth in paragraph (2). The Comptroller 

2 General shall submit to such committees a report 

3 with a final description and assessment of such top4 ics at an agreed upon date. 

5 (2) TOPICS COVERED.—The topics referred to 

6 under paragraph (1) are as follows: 

7 (A) The strategy, effectiveness, and re8 sponsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of De9 fense for Industrial Base Policy. 

10 (B) The efforts of the Under Secretary of 

11 Defense for Research and Engineering and the 

12 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

13 Sustainment to assess the manufacturing and 

14 procurement of critical materials, including de15 scribing the offices and individuals that are re16 sponsible for identifying critical materials sup17 ply chain shortfalls, how such shortfalls are 

18 identified, and any variation in methods used 

19 across the Department of Defense. 

20 (C) The efforts of the Under Secretary of 

21 Defense for Research and Engineering and the 

22 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

23 Sustainment to implement procedures to protect 

24 supply chains for critical programs and tech25 nologies and disseminate that information to 


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1 other appropriate Federal agencies and organi2 zations. 

3 (D) Such other matters as the Comptroller 

4 General determines appropriate. 

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