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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 257 

To improve the resilience of critical supply chains, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 27, 2025 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To improve the resilience of critical supply chains, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Additional responsibilities of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis. 

Sec. 3. Critical supply chain resilience and crisis response working group. 

Sec. 4. Department of Commerce capability assessment. 

Sec. 5. No additional funds. 


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Sec. 6. Sunset. 

Sec. 7. Definitions. 

1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT SEC2 RETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUSTRY AND 

3 ANALYSIS. 

4 In addition to the responsibilities of the Assistant 

5 Secretary on the day before the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall have the following 

7 responsibilities: 

8 (1) Promote the stability and resilience of crit9 ical supply chains and critical and emerging tech10 nologies that strengthen the national security of the 

11 United States. 

12 (2) Lead the Working Group established pursu13 ant to section 3 and consult covered nongovern14 mental representatives, industry, institutions of 

15 higher education, and State and local governments 

16 in order to— 

17 (A) promote resilient critical supply chains; 

18 and 

19 (B) identify, prepare for, and respond to 

20 supply chain shocks to— 

21 (i) critical industries; 

22 (ii) critical supply chains; and 

23 (iii) critical and emerging tech24 nologies. 


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1 (3) Encourage the growth and competitiveness 

2 of United States production and manufacturing in 

3 the United States of emerging technologies. 

4 (4) Assess the resilience, diversity, and strength 

5 of critical supply chains and critical and emerging 

6 technologies. 

7 (5) In consultation with the Secretary of State 

8 and the United States Trade Representative, sup9 port the availability of critical goods from domestic 

10 manufacturers, domestic enterprises, and manufac11 turing operations in countries that are allies or key 

12 international partner nations. 

13 (6) Assist the Federal Government in preparing 

14 for and responding to supply chain shocks to critical 

15 supply chains, including by improving flexible manu16 facturing capacities and capabilities in the United 

17 States. 

18 (7) Consistent with United States obligations 

19 under international agreements, encourage and 

20 incentivize the reduced reliance of domestic enter21 prises and domestic manufacturers on critical goods 

22 from countries that are described in section 7(2)(B). 

23 (8) Encourage the relocation of manufacturing 

24 facilities that manufacture critical goods from coun25 tries that are described in section 7(2)(B) to the 


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1 United States and countries that are allies or key 

2 international partner nations to strengthen the resil3 ience, diversity, and strength of critical supply 

4 chains. 

5 SEC. 3. CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS 

6 RESPONSE WORKING GROUP. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec9 retary shall establish a working group to be known as the 

10 ‘‘Supply Chain Resilience Working Group’’ (in this Act re11 ferred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) composed of the Fed12 eral agencies that rely upon the Industry and Analysis 

13 Business unit analysis, including agencies enumerated in 

14 subsection (c). 

15 (b) ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 

17 carry out the following activities— 

18 (1) in consultation with the Working Group— 

19 (A) assessing, mapping, and modeling crit20 ical supply chains, including for critical and 

21 emerging technologies, which may include— 

22 (i) modeling the impact of supply 

23 chain shocks on critical industries (includ24 ing for critical and emerging technologies), 

25 and critical supply chains; 


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1 (ii) assessing the demand for and sup2 ply of critical goods, production equipment, 

3 and manufacturing technology needed for 

4 critical supply chains, including critical 

5 goods, production equipment, and manu6 facturing technology obtained by or pur7 chased from a person outside of the United 

8 States or imported into the United States; 

9 and 

10 (iii) assessing manufacturing, 

11 warehousing, transportation, and distribu12 tion related to critical supply chains; 

13 (B) identifying high priority gaps and 

14 vulnerabilities in critical supply chains and crit15 ical industries (including critical industries for 

16 critical and emerging technologies) that— 

17 (i) exist as of the date of the enact18 ment of this Act; or 

19 (ii) are anticipated to occur after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act; 

21 (C) identifying potential supply chain 

22 shocks to a critical supply chain that may dis23 rupt, strain, or eliminate the critical supply 

24 chain; 


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1 (D) evaluating the capability and capacity 

2 of domestic manufacturers or manufacturers lo3 cated in countries that are allies or key inter4 national partner nations to serve as sources for 

5 critical goods, production equipment, or manu6 facturing technology needed in critical supply 

7 chains; 

8 (E) evaluating the effect on market sta9 bility that may result from the disruption, 

10 strain, or elimination of a critical supply chain; 

11 (F) evaluating the state of the manufac12 turing workforce, including by— 

13 (i) identifying the needs of domestic 

14 manufacturers; and 

15 (ii) identifying opportunities to create 

16 high-quality manufacturing jobs; and 

17 (G) identifying and describing necessary 

18 tools, including commercially available risk as19 sessment tools, that leverage data and industry 

20 expertise to provide insights into critical supply 

21 chain vulnerabilities, including how such tools 

22 fulfill the requirements described in subpara23 graphs (A) through (E); and 

24 (2) in consultation with State and local govern25 ments, the Working Group, and (as appropriate) 


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1 countries that are allies or key international partner 

2 nations— 

3 (A) identifying opportunities to reduce 

4 gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply chains 

5 and critical industries; 

6 (B) encouraging consultation between the 

7 Federal Government, industry, covered non8 governmental representatives, institutions of 

9 higher education, and State and local govern10 ments to— 

11 (i) better respond to supply chain 

12 shocks to critical supply chains and critical 

13 industries (including critical industries for 

14 emerging technologies); and 

15 (ii) coordinate response efforts to sup16 ply chain shocks; 

17 (C) encouraging consultation between the 

18 Federal Government and the governments of 

19 countries that are allies or key international 

20 partner nations; 

21 (D) identifying opportunities to build the 

22 capacity of the United States in critical supply 

23 chains, critical industries, and emerging tech24 nologies; 


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1 (E) identifying opportunities to build the 

2 capacity of countries that are allies or key 

3 international partner nations in critical indus4 tries (including critical industries for emerging 

5 technologies) and critical supply chains; and 

6 (F) developing and assessing contingency 

7 plans and coordination mechanisms to improve 

8 the response of critical supply chains and crit9 ical industries to supply chain shocks. 

10 (c) WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP.—The Working 

11 Group shall include a representative from each Federal 

12 agency that relies on the analysis of the Industry and 

13 Analysis business unit, including— 

14 (1) the Department of State; 

15 (2) the Department of Defense; 

16 (3) the Department of Homeland Security; 

17 (4) the Department of Transportation; 

18 (5) the Department of Energy; 

19 (6) the Department of Agriculture; 

20 (7) the Department of the Interior; 

21 (8) the Department of Health and Human 

22 Services; 

23 (9) the Office of the Director of National Intel24 ligence; and 

25 (10) the Small Business Administration. 


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1 (d) DESIGNATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall— 

2 (1) not later than 120 days after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act, designate— 

4 (A) critical industries; 

5 (B) critical supply chains; and 

6 (C) critical goods; 

7 (2) provide for a period of public comment and 

8 review in carrying out paragraph (1); and 

9 (3) update the designations made pursuant to 

10 paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 4 

11 years, including designations for technologies that 

12 are not described in section 7(12)(B) that the As13 sistant Secretary considers necessary. 

14 (e) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 1 

15 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the As16 sistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate commit17 tees of Congress a report that— 

18 (1) details supply chain activities, including ap19 plicable activities described in subsection (b) and re20 sponsibilities described in section 2, that the Assist21 ant Secretary has conducted over the past year; 

22 (2) describes supply chain data collected, re23 tained, and analyzed by the Assistant Secretary over 

24 the past year; 


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1 (3) identifies and describes necessary tools, in2 cluding commercially available risk assessment tools, 

3 that leverage data and industry expertise to provide 

4 insights into critical supply chain vulnerabilities, in5 cluding how such tools fulfill each responsibility de6 scribed in subsection (b); 

7 (4) identifies and describes all Federal agencies 

8 with authorities or responsibilities described in sub9 section (b); and 

10 (5) identifies Federal agencies, programs, and 

11 bureaus with duplicative purposes to fulfill any of 

12 the authorities or responsibilities described in sub13 section (b). 

14 (f) NATIONAL STRATEGY AND REVIEW ON CRITICAL

15 SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCY AND MANUFACTURING IN

16 THE UNITED STATES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an19 nually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in con20 sultation with the Working Group, covered non21 governmental representatives, industries, institutions 

22 of higher education, and State and local govern23 ments, shall submit to the relevant committees of 

24 Congress a report that— 

25 (A) identifies— 


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1 (i) critical infrastructure that may as2 sist in fulfilling the responsibilities de3 scribed in section 2; 

4 (ii) critical and emerging technologies 

5 that may assist in fulfilling the responsibil6 ities described in section 2, including such 

7 technologies that may be critical to ad8 dressing preparedness, weaknesses, and 

9 vulnerabilities relating to critical supply 

10 chains; 

11 (iii) critical industries, critical supply 

12 chains, and critical goods designated pur13 suant to subsection (d); 

14 (iv) other supplies and services that 

15 are critical to the crisis preparedness of 

16 the United States; 

17 (v) substitutes for critical goods, pro18 duction equipment, and manufacturing 

19 technology; 

20 (vi) methods and technologies, includ21 ing blockchain technology, distributed ledg22 er technology, and other critical and 

23 emerging technologies, as appropriate, for 

24 the authentication and traceability of crit25 ical goods; and 


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1 (vii) countries that are allies or key 

2 international partner nations; 

3 (B) describes the matters identified and 

4 evaluated under subsection (b)(1), including— 

5 (i) the manufacturing base, critical 

6 supply chains, and emerging technologies 

7 in the United States, including the manu8 facturing base and critical supply chains 

9 for— 

10 (I) critical goods; 

11 (II) production equipment; and 

12 (III) manufacturing technology; 

13 and 

14 (ii) the ability of the United States 

15 to— 

16 (I) maintain readiness with re17 spect to preparing for and responding 

18 to supply chain shocks; and 

19 (II) in response to a supply chain 

20 shock— 

21 (aa) surge production in 

22 critical industries; 

23 (bb) surge production of 

24 critical goods and production 

25 equipment; and 


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1 (cc) maintain access to crit2 ical goods, production equipment, 

3 and manufacturing technology; 

4 (C) assesses and describes— 

5 (i) the demand and supply of critical 

6 goods, production equipment, and manu7 facturing technology; 

8 (ii) the production of critical goods, 

9 production equipment, and manufacturing 

10 technology by domestic manufacturers; 

11 (iii) the capability and capacity of do12 mestic manufacturers and manufacturers 

13 in countries that are allies or key inter14 national partner nations to manufacture 

15 critical goods, production equipment, and 

16 manufacturing technology; and 

17 (iv) how supply chain shocks could af18 fect rural, Tribal, and underserved commu19 nities; 

20 (D) identifies threats and supply chain 

21 shocks that may disrupt, strain, or eliminate 

22 critical supply chains, critical goods, and critical 

23 industries (including critical industries for 

24 emerging technologies); 


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1 (E) with regard to any threat identified 

2 under subparagraph (D), lists any threat or 

3 supply chain shock that may originate from a 

4 country, or a company or individual from a 

5 country, that is described in section 7(2)(B); 

6 (F) assesses— 

7 (i) the resilience and capacity of the 

8 manufacturing base, critical supply chains, 

9 and workforce of the United States and 

10 countries that are allies or key inter11 national partner nations that can sustain 

12 critical industries (including critical indus13 tries for emerging technologies) through a 

14 supply chain shock; and 

15 (ii) the effect innovation has on do16 mestic manufacturers; 

17 (G) assesses the flexible manufacturing ca18 pacity and capability available in the United 

19 States in the case of a supply chain shock; and 

20 (H) develops a strategy for the Depart21 ment of Commerce to support the resilience, di22 versity, and strength of critical supply chains 

23 and critical and emerging technologies to— 

24 (i) support sufficient access to critical 

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1 ical supply chains, including critical supply 

2 chains concentrated in countries that are 

3 described in section 7(2)(B); 

4 (ii) consult with other relevant agen5 cies to assist countries that are allies or 

6 key international partner nations in build7 ing capacity for manufacturing critical 

8 goods; 

9 (iii) recover from supply chain shocks; 

10 (iv) identify, in consultation with the 

11 Working Group and other relevant agen12 cies, actions relating to critical supply 

13 chains or emerging technologies that the 

14 United States may take to improve re15 sponses to supply chain shocks; 

16 (v) protect against supply chain 

17 shocks relating to critical supply chains 

18 from countries that are described in sec19 tion 7(2)(B); and 

20 (vi) make specific recommendations to 

21 implement the strategy under this section 

22 and improve the security and resiliency of 

23 manufacturing capacity and supply chains 

24 for critical industries (including critical in25 dustries for emerging technologies) by— 


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1 (I) developing long-term strate2 gies; 

3 (II) increasing visibility into the 

4 networks and capabilities of domestic 

5 manufacturers and suppliers of do6 mestic manufacturers; 

7 (III) identifying and mitigating 

8 risks, including— 

9 (aa) significant 

10 vulnerabilities to supply chain 

11 shocks; and 

12 (bb) exposure to gaps and 

13 vulnerabilities in domestic capac14 ity or capabilities and sources of 

15 imports needed to sustain critical 

16 industries (including critical in17 dustries for emerging tech18 nologies) or critical supply 

19 chains; 

20 (IV) identifying opportunities to 

21 reuse and recycle critical goods, in22 cluding raw materials, to increase re23 silient critical supply chains; 


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1 (V) consulting with countries 

2 that are allies or key international 

3 partner nations on— 

4 (aa) sourcing critical goods, 

5 production equipment, and man6 ufacturing technology; and 

7 (bb) developing, sustaining, 

8 and expanding production and 

9 availability of critical goods, pro10 duction equipment, and manufac11 turing technology during a supply 

12 chain shock; and 

13 (VI) providing guidance to other 

14 relevant agencies with respect to crit15 ical goods, supply chains, and critical 

16 industries (including critical industries 

17 for emerging technologies) that should 

18 be prioritized to support United 

19 States leadership in the deployment of 

20 such technologies. 

21 (2) PROHIBITION.—The report submitted pur22 suant to paragraph (1) may not include— 

23 (A) critical supply chain information that 

24 is not aggregated; 


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1 (B) confidential business information of a 

2 private sector entity; or 

3 (C) classified information. 

4 (3) FORM.—The report submitted pursuant to 

5 paragraph (1), and any update submitted thereafter, 

6 shall be submitted to the relevant committees of 

7 Congress in unclassified form and may include a 

8 classified annex. 

9 (4) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Assistant Sec10 retary shall provide for a period of public comment 

11 and review in developing the report submitted pursu12 ant to paragraph (1). 

13 (g) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 

15 shall enter into an agreement with the head of any rel16 evant agency to obtain any information, data, or assist17 ance that the Assistant Secretary determines necessary to 

18 conduct the activities described in subsection (b). 

19 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec20 tion may be construed to require any private entity— 

21 (1) to share information with the Secretary or 

22 Assistant Secretary; 

23 (2) to request assistance from the Secretary or 

24 Assistant Secretary; or 


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1 (3) to implement any measure or recommenda2 tion suggested by the Secretary or Assistant Sec3 retary in response to a request by the private entity. 

4 (i) PROTECTION OF VOLUNTARILY SHARED CRIT5 ICAL SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION.— 

6 (1) PROTECTION.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, critical supply chain in9 formation (including the identity of the submit10 ting person or entity) that is voluntarily sub11 mitted under this section to the Department of 

12 Commerce for use by the Department for pur13 poses of this section, when accompanied by an 

14 express statement described in subparagraph 

15 (B)— 

16 (i) shall be exempt from disclosure 

17 under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United 

18 States Code (commonly referred to as the 

19 ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); 

20 (ii) is not subject to any agency rules 

21 or judicial doctrine regarding ex parte 

22 communications with a decision-making of23 ficial; 

24 (iii) may not, without the written con25 sent of the person or entity submitting 


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1 such information, be used directly by the 

2 Department of Commerce, any other Fed3 eral, State, or local authority, or any third 

4 party, in any civil action arising under 

5 Federal or State law if such information is 

6 submitted in good faith; 

7 (iv) may not, without the written con8 sent of the person or entity submitting 

9 such information, be used or disclosed by 

10 any officer or employee of the United 

11 States for purposes other than the pur12 poses of this section, except— 

13 (I) in furtherance of an investiga14 tion or the prosecution of a criminal 

15 act; or 

16 (II) when disclosure of the infor17 mation would be— 

18 (aa) to either House of Con19 gress, or to the extent of matter 

20 within its jurisdiction, any com21 mittee or subcommittee thereof, 

22 any joint committee thereof, or 

23 any subcommittee of any such 

24 joint committee; or 


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1 (bb) to the Comptroller Gen2 eral of the United States, or any 

3 authorized representative of the 

4 Comptroller General, in the 

5 course of the performance of the 

6 duties of the Government Ac7 countability Office; 

8 (v) may not, if provided to a State or 

9 local government or government agency— 

10 (I) be made available pursuant to 

11 any State or local law requiring dis12 closure of information or records; 

13 (II) otherwise be disclosed or dis14 tributed to any party by such State or 

15 local government or government agen16 cy without the written consent of the 

17 person or entity submitting such in18 formation; or 

19 (III) be used other than for the 

20 purpose of carrying out this section, 

21 or in furtherance of an investigation 

22 or the prosecution of a criminal act; 

23 and 

24 (vi) does not constitute a waiver of 

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1 vided under law, such as trade secret pro2 tection. 

3 (B) EXPRESS STATEMENT.—The express 

4 statement described in this subparagraph, with 

5 respect to information or records, is— 

6 (i) in the case of written information 

7 or records, a written marking on the infor8 mation or records substantially similar to 

9 the following: ‘‘This information is volun10 tarily submitted to the Federal Govern11 ment in expectation of protection from dis12 closure as provided by the provisions of the 

13 Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 

14 2024.’’; or 

15 (ii) in the case of oral information, a 

16 written statement similar to the statement 

17 described in clause (i) submitted within a 

18 reasonable period following the oral com19 munication. 

20 (2) LIMITATION.—No communication of critical 

21 supply chain information to the Department of Com22 merce made pursuant to this section may be consid23 ered to be an action subject to the requirements of 

24 chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 (3) INDEPENDENTLY OBTAINED INFORMA2 TION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed 

3 to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a State, 

4 local, or Federal Government entity, agency, or au5 thority, or any third party, under applicable law to 

6 obtain critical supply chain information in a manner 

7 not covered by paragraph (1), including any infor8 mation lawfully and properly disclosed generally or 

9 broadly to the public and to use such information in 

10 any manner permitted by law. For purposes of this 

11 subsection, a permissible use of independently ob12 tained information includes the disclosure of such in13 formation under section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 

14 United States Code. 

15 (4) TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARY SUBMITTAL OF

16 INFORMATION.—The voluntary submittal to the De17 partment of Commerce of information or records 

18 that are protected from disclosure by this section 

19 may not be construed to constitute compliance with 

20 any requirement to submit such information to an 

21 agency under any other provision of law. 

22 (5) INAPPLICABILITY TO SEMICONDUCTOR IN23 CENTIVE PROGRAM.—This subsection does not apply 

24 to the voluntary submission of critical supply chain 

25 information in an application for Federal financial 


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1 assistance under section 9902 of the William M. 

2 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 

3 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 

4 SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CAPABILITY ASSESS5 MENT. 

6 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 

7 produce a report— 

8 (1) identifying the duties, responsibilities, re9 sources, programs, and expertise within the offices 

10 and bureaus of the Department of Commerce rel11 evant to critical supply chain resilience and manu12 facturing innovation; 

13 (2) identifying and assessing the purpose, legal 

14 authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of 

15 each office or bureau identified under paragraph (1); 

16 and 

17 (3) providing recommendations to enhance the 

18 activities related to critical supply chain resilience 

19 and manufacturing innovation of the Department of 

20 Commerce, including— 

21 (A) improving the effectiveness, efficiency, 

22 and impact of the offices and bureaus identified 

23 under paragraph (1); 

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1 (C) consulting with agencies implementing 

2 similar activities related to critical supply chain 

3 resilience and manufacturing innovation. 

4 (b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress the 

7 report required by subsection (a), along with a strategy 

8 to implement, as appropriate and as determined by the 

9 Secretary, the recommendations contained in the report. 

10 SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 

11 No additional funds are authorized to be appro12 priated to carry out this Act. 

13 SEC. 6. SUNSET. 

14 This Act and all requirements, responsibilities, and 

15 obligations under this Act shall terminate on the date that 

16 is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

20 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 

21 United States Code. 

22 (2) ALLY OR KEY INTERNATIONAL PARTNER

23 NATION.—The term ‘‘ally or key international part24 ner nation’’— 


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1 (A) means a country that is critical to ad2 dressing critical supply chain weaknesses and 

3 vulnerabilities; and 

4 (B) does not include— 

5 (i) a country that poses a significant 

6 risk to the national security or economic 

7 security of the United States; or 

8 (ii) a country that is described in sec9 tion 503(b) of the RANSOMWARE Act 

10 (title V of division BB of the Consolidated 

11 Appropriations Act, 2023; Public Law 

12 117–328; 136 Stat. 5564). 

13 (3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist14 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

15 Commerce assigned by the Secretary to direct the 

16 office of Industry and Analysis. 

17 (4) COVERED NONGOVERNMENTAL REPRESENT18 ATIVE.—The term ‘‘covered nongovernmental rep19 resentative’’ means a representative as specified in 

20 the second sentence of section 135(b)(1) of the 

21 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(b)(1)), except 

22 that such term does not include a representative of 

23 a non-Federal Government. 

24 (5) CRITICAL GOOD.—The term ‘‘critical good’’ 

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1 rial (including any mineral, metal, or advanced proc2 essed material), article, commodity, supply, product, 

3 or item for which an absence of supply would have 

4 a debilitating impact on— 

5 (A) the national security or economic secu6 rity of the United States; and 

7 (B) either— 

8 (i) critical infrastructure; or 

9 (ii) an emerging technology. 

10 (6) CRITICAL INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘critical 

11 industry’’ means an industry that— 

12 (A) is critical for the national security or 

13 economic security of the United States; and 

14 (B) produces or procures a critical good. 

15 (7) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

16 ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that 

17 term in section 1016 of the Critical Infrastructures 

18 Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c). 

19 (8) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘crit20 ical supply chain’’ means a supply chain for a crit21 ical good. 

22 (9) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION.— 

23 The term ‘‘critical supply chain information’’ means 

24 information that is not customarily in the public do25 main and relates to— 


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1 (A) sustaining and adapting a critical sup2 ply chain during a supply chain shock; 

3 (B) critical supply chain risk mitigation 

4 and recovery planning with respect to a supply 

5 chain shock, including any planned or past as6 sessment, projection, or estimate of a vulner7 ability within the critical supply chain, includ8 ing testing, supplier network assessments, pro9 duction flexibility, supply chain risk evaluations, 

10 supply chain risk management planning, or risk 

11 audits; or 

12 (C) operational best practices, planning, 

13 and supplier partnerships that enable enhanced 

14 resilience of a critical supply chain during a 

15 supply chain shock, including response, repair, 

16 recovery, reconstruction, insurance, or con17 tinuity. 

18 (10) DOMESTIC ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘do19 mestic enterprise’’ means an enterprise that con20 ducts business in the United States and procures a 

21 critical good. 

22 (11) DOMESTIC MANUFACTURER.—The term 

23 ‘‘domestic manufacturer’’ means a business that 

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1 velopment, engineering, or production activities nec2 essary for manufacturing a critical good. 

3 (12) EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

4 ‘‘emerging technology’’ means a technology that is 

5 critical for the national security or economic security 

6 of the United States, including the following: 

7 (A) Technologies included in the American 

8 COMPETE Act (title XV of division FF of the 

9 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; Public 

10 Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3276). 

11 (B) The following technologies: 

12 (i) Artificial intelligence. 

13 (ii) Automated vehicles and unmanned 

14 delivery systems. 

15 (iii) Blockchain and other distributed 

16 ledger, data storage, data management, 

17 and cybersecurity technologies. 

18 (iv) Quantum computing and quan19 tum sensing. 

20 (v) Additive manufacturing. 

21 (vi) Advanced manufacturing and the 

22 Internet of Things. 

23 (vii) Nano technology. 

24 (viii) Robotics. 


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1 (ix) Microelectronics, optical fiber ray, 

2 and high performance and advanced com3 puter hardware and software. 

4 (x) Semiconductors. 

5 (xi) Advanced materials science, in6 cluding composition 2D, other next genera7 tion materials, and related manufacturing 

8 technologies. 

9 (13) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

10 The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

11 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High12 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

13 (14) MANUFACTURE.—The term ‘‘manufac14 ture’’— 

15 (A) means any activity that is necessary 

16 for the development, production, processing, 

17 distribution, or delivery of any raw, in process, 

18 or manufactured material (including any min19 eral, metal, and advanced processed material), 

20 article, commodity, supply, product, critical 

21 good, or item of supply; and 

22 (B) does not include software unrelated to 

23 the manufacturing process. 

24 (15) MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY.—The 

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1 nology that is necessary for the manufacturing of a 

2 critical good. 

3 (16) PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT.—The term 

4 ‘‘production equipment’’ means any component, sub5 system, system, equipment, tooling, accessory, part, 

6 or assembly necessary for the manufacturing of a 

7 critical good. 

8 (17) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 

9 the critical supply chain resiliency and crisis re10 sponse program established pursuant to section 

11 103(a). 

12 (18) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

13 The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ means 

14 the following: 

15 (A) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 

16 and Transportation of the Senate. 

17 (B) The Committee on Energy and Com18 merce of the House of Representatives. 

19 (19) RESILIENT CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The 

20 term ‘‘resilient critical supply chain’’ means a crit21 ical supply chain that— 

22 (A) ensures that the United States can 

23 sustain critical industry, including emerging 

24 technologies, production, critical supply chains, 

25 services, and access to critical goods, production 


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1 equipment, and manufacturing technology dur2 ing a supply chain shock; and 

3 (B) has key components of resilience that 

4 include— 

5 (i) effective private sector risk man6 agement and mitigation planning to sus7 tain critical supply chains and supplier 

8 networks during a supply chain shock; and 

9 (ii) minimized or managed exposure to 

10 a supply chain shock. 

11 (20) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

12 means the Secretary of Commerce. 

13 (21) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

14 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

15 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

16 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

17 (22) SUPPLY CHAIN SHOCK.—The term ‘‘supply 

18 chain shock’’— 

19 (A) means an event causing severe or seri20 ous disruption to normal operations or capacity 

21 in a supply chain; and 

22 (B) includes— 

23 (i) a natural disaster; 

24 (ii) a pandemic; 

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2 (v) a geopolitical conflict; 

3 (vi) a terrorist or geopolitical attack; 

4 (vii) a trade disruption caused by— 

5 (I) a country described in para6 graph (2)(B); or 

7 (II) an entity or an individual 

8 subject to the jurisdiction of such a 

9 country; and 

10 (viii) an event for which the President 

11 declares a major disaster or an emergency 

12 under section 401 or 501, respectively, of 

13 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

14 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 5170; 42 U.S.C. 5191). 

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