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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5703 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

 
   To establish an Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and 
                  Resilience, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Homeland Investment in 
Economic and Logistical Defense Act'' or the ``SHIELD Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE AND 
              SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING UNIT.

    (a) Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and Resilience.--
The President shall establish in the executive branch an office, to be 
known as the ``Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and 
Resilience'', to oversee, coordinate, and set priorities for cross-
agency efforts to ensure resilient United States supply chains and 
robust domestic production in sectors that are vital to the national 
security of the United States, particularly in the context of growing 
great-power competition with the People's Republic of China.
    (b) Supply Chain Mapping Unit.--The Office shall establish a 
dedicated unit, to be known as the ``Supply Chain Mapping Unit'', to--
            (1) determine requirements, set priorities, and coordinate 
        efforts among Federal agencies and industry to continuously 
        map, monitor, and analyze supply chains that are critical to 
        the national security of the United States, including--
                    (A) semiconductors;
                    (B) rare-earth elements and critical minerals;
                    (C) pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical 
                ingredients; and
                    (D) castings and forgings; and
            (2) develop interoperable performance measures to monitor 
        and assess current United States supply chain resiliency and 
        risk mitigation efforts, including data collection on United 
        States supply chain dependencies on direct and indirect 
        suppliers owned or controlled by or otherwise subject to the 
        jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese 
        Communist Party, with a particular focus on defense-critical 
        and critical infrastructure supply chains.
    (c) Critical Infrastructure Defined.--In subsection (b)(2), the 
term ``critical infrastructure'' has the meaning given that term in the 
Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c).

SEC. 3. DEFENSE MOBILIZATION UNIT.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Executive Office of 
the President a unit, to be known as the ``Defense Mobilization Unit'', 
to be responsible for coordinating and setting priorities for--
            (1) assessing the requirements for weapons, munitions, 
        supplies, and other equipment necessary to equip, support, and 
        defend United States forces and to assist United States allies 
        and partners in a context of growing great-power competition 
        with the People's Republic of China;
            (2) determining the adequacy of existing United States 
        stocks and available productive capacity and existing United 
        States allies' and partners' stocks and available productive 
        capacities to meet the needs described in paragraph (1);
            (3) identifying potential shortfalls or bottlenecks that 
        might impede production and resupply to meet the needs 
        described in paragraph (1), to include the impact of partial or 
        complete disruptions in United States-China trade on defense 
        mobilization and domestic availability of critical materials, 
        products, and supplies; and
            (4) recommending corrective measures to address the 
        corrective measures determined and identified in paragraphs (2) 
        and (3), to include adjustments to funding and support 
        mechanisms as necessary to ensure the achievement of such 
        corrective measures.
    (b) Consultation.--The President shall consult with the heads of 
other Federal departments and agencies on a regular basis to--
            (1) identify shortfalls and bottlenecks in the current 
        defense industrial base; and
            (2) support industrial capabilities and additional measures 
        needed to address the shortfalls and bottlenecks identified 
        under paragraph (1).
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
        President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report that describes the shortfalls and 
        bottlenecks identified under subsection (b)(1).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
                the Senate.
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