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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5058 

To amend the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 to require the President 

to establish a semiconductor supply chain working group in response 

to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and submit reports to Congress 

on potential future disruptions to the supply chain. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Ms. TITUS (for herself and Mr. KEAN of New Jersey) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 to 

require the President to establish a semiconductor supply 

chain working group in response to the Russian invasion 

of Ukraine and submit reports to Congress on potential 

future disruptions to the supply chain. 

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 ‘‘Protecting Semicon5 ductor Supply Chain Materials from Authoritarians Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE UKRAINE FREEDOM SUP2 PORT ACT OF 2014. 

3 The Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 

4 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating section 11 as section 13; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 10 the following 

8 new sections: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 11. WORKING GROUP ON SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY 

10 DISRUPTIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this section, the President shall 

13 establish an interagency working group to address semi14 conductor supply chain issues caused by the Russia’s ille15 gal and unprovoked attack on Ukraine. 

16 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The interagency working group 

17 established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be comprised 

18 of the head, or designee of the head, of each of the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(1) The Department of State. 

21 ‘‘(2) The Department of Defense. 

22 ‘‘(3) The Department of Commerce. 

23 ‘‘(4) The Department of the Treasury. 

24 ‘‘(5) The Office of the United States Trade 

25 Representative. 

26 ‘‘(6) The Department of Interior. 


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1 ‘‘(7) The Department of Energy. 

2 ‘‘(8) The Department of Homeland Security. 

3 ‘‘(9) The Department of Labor. 

4 ‘‘(10) Any other Federal department or agency 

5 the President determines appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(c) CHAIR.—The Secretary of State shall serve as 

7 the chair of the working group established pursuant to 

8 subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘SEC. 12. REPORTS ON SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN 

10 DISRUPTIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) REPORT ON IMPACT OF RUSSIA’S INVASION OF

12 UKRAINE.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 

13 enactment of this section, the Secretary of State shall sub14 mit to the committees listed in subsection (b) a report of 

15 the interagency working group that— 

16 ‘‘(1) reviews and analyzes— 

17 ‘‘(A) the impact of Russia’s unprovoked at18 tack on Ukraine on the supply of palladium, 

19 neon gas, helium, and hexafluorobutadiene 

20 (C4F6); and 

21 ‘‘(B) the impact, if any, on supply chains 

22 and the global economy; 

23 ‘‘(2) recounts diplomatic efforts by the United 

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1 thesize, or purify palladium, neon gas, helium, or 

2 hexafluorobutadiene (C4F6); 

3 ‘‘(3) quantifies the actions resulting from these 

4 efforts to diversify sources of supply of these items; 

5 ‘‘(4) sets forth steps the United States has 

6 taken to bolster its production or secure supply of 

7 palladium or other compounds and elements listed in 

8 paragraph (1)(A); 

9 ‘‘(5) lists any other important elements, com10 pounds, or products in the semiconductor supply 

11 chain that have been affected by Russia’s illegal at12 tack on Ukraine; and 

13 ‘‘(6) recommends any potential legislative steps 

14 that could be taken by Congress to further bolster 

15 the supply of elements, compounds, or products for 

16 the semiconductor supply chain that have been cur17 tailed as a result of Russia’s actions. 

18 ‘‘(b) COMMITTEES LISTED.—The committees listed 

19 in this subsection are— 

20 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

21 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

22 of Representatives; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

24 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans25 portation of the Senate. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON POTENTIAL FUTURE

2 SHOCKS TO SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAINS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

5 annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of 

6 State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af7 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com8 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 

9 of the interagency working group that— 

10 ‘‘(A) outlines and plans for the most likely 

11 future geopolitical developments that could se12 verely disrupt global semiconductor supply 

13 chains in ways that could harm the national se14 curity or economic interests of the United 

15 States; 

16 ‘‘(B) forecasts the various potential im17 pacts on the global supply chain for semi18 conductors, and products that use semiconduc19 tors, from the developments outlined pursuant 

20 to subparagraph (A), as well as the following 

21 contingencies— 

22 ‘‘(i) an invasion of Taiwan or geo23 political instability or conflict in East Asia; 

24 ‘‘(ii) a broader war or geopolitical in25 stability in Europe; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) strategic competitors dominating 

2 parts of the supply chain and leveraging 

3 that dominance coercively; 

4 ‘‘(iv) a future international health cri5 sis; and 

6 ‘‘(v) natural disasters or shortages of 

7 natural resources and raw materials; 

8 ‘‘(C) describes the kind of continency plans 

9 that would be needed for the safe evacuation of 

10 individuals with deep scientific and technical 

11 knowledge of semiconductors and their supply 

12 chain from areas under risk from conflict or 

13 natural disaster; and 

14 ‘‘(D) evaluates the current technical and 

15 supply chain work force expertise within the 

16 Federal government to carry out these assess17 ments.’’. 

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