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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5703 

To establish an Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and Resilience, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself and Mr. BANKS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish an Office of Economic and Security 

Preparedness and Resilience, 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 ‘‘Strategic Homeland 

5 Investment in Economic and Logistical Defense Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘SHIELD Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND SECURITY PREPARED2 NESS AND RESILIENCE AND SUPPLY CHAIN 

3 MAPPING UNIT. 

4 (a) OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND SECURITY PRE5 PAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE.—The President shall es6 tablish in the executive branch an office, to be known as 

7 the ‘‘Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and 

8 Resilience’’, to oversee, coordinate, and set priorities for 

9 cross-agency efforts to ensure resilient United States sup10 ply chains and robust domestic production in sectors that 

11 are vital to the national security of the United States, par12 ticularly in the context of growing great-power competition 

13 with the People’s Republic of China. 

14 (b) SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING UNIT.—The Office 

15 shall establish a dedicated unit, to be known as the ‘‘Sup16 ply Chain Mapping Unit’’, to— 

17 (1) determine requirements, set priorities, and 

18 coordinate efforts among Federal agencies and in19 dustry to continuously map, monitor, and analyze 

20 supply chains that are critical to the national secu21 rity of the United States, including— 

22 (A) semiconductors; 

23 (B) rare-earth elements and critical min24 erals; 

25 (C) pharmaceuticals and active pharma26 ceutical ingredients; and 


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1 (D) castings and forgings; and 

2 (2) develop interoperable performance measures 

3 to monitor and assess current United States supply 

4 chain resiliency and risk mitigation efforts, including 

5 data collection on United States supply chain de6 pendencies on direct and indirect suppliers owned or 

7 controlled by or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction 

8 of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese 

9 Communist Party, with a particular focus on de10 fense-critical and critical infrastructure supply 

11 chains. 

12 (c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—In sub13 section (b)(2), the term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the 

14 meaning given that term in the Critical Infrastructures 

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

16 SEC. 3. DEFENSE MOBILIZATION UNIT. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Execu18 tive Office of the President a unit, to be known as the 

19 ‘‘Defense Mobilization Unit’’, to be responsible for coordi20 nating and setting priorities for— 

21 (1) assessing the requirements for weapons, 

22 munitions, supplies, and other equipment necessary 

23 to equip, support, and defend United States forces 

24 and to assist United States allies and partners in a 


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1 context of growing great-power competition with the 

2 People’s Republic of China; 

3 (2) determining the adequacy of existing United 

4 States stocks and available productive capacity and 

5 existing United States allies’ and partners’ stocks 

6 and available productive capacities to meet the needs 

7 described in paragraph (1); 

8 (3) identifying potential shortfalls or bottle9 necks that might impede production and resupply to 

10 meet the needs described in paragraph (1), to in11 clude the impact of partial or complete disruptions 

12 in United States-China trade on defense mobilization 

13 and domestic availability of critical materials, prod14 ucts, and supplies; and 

15 (4) recommending corrective measures to ad16 dress the corrective measures determined and identi17 fied in paragraphs (2) and (3), to include adjust18 ments to funding and support mechanisms as nec19 essary to ensure the achievement of such corrective 

20 measures. 

21 (b) CONSULTATION.—The President shall consult 

22 with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies 

23 on a regular basis to— 

24 (1) identify shortfalls and bottlenecks in the 

25 current defense industrial base; and 


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1 (2) support industrial capabilities and addi2 tional measures needed to address the shortfalls and 

3 bottlenecks identified under paragraph (1). 

4 (c) REPORT.— 

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

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an7 nually thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

8 appropriate congressional committees a report that 

9 describes the shortfalls and bottlenecks identified 

10 under subsection (b)(1). 

11 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap13 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

15 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

18 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

19 Transportation of the Senate. 

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