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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3264 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require research and 

development to identify and evaluate the extent to which critical domain 

risks within the United States supply chain pose a substantial threat 

to homeland security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2021 

Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

research and development to identify and evaluate the 

extent to which critical domain risks within the United 

States supply chain pose a substantial threat to homeland security, 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 ‘‘Domains Critical to 

5 Homeland Security Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CRITICAL DOMAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

3 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 890B. HOMELAND SECURITY CRITICAL DOMAIN RE6 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

8 ‘‘(1) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The 

9 Secretary is authorized to conduct research and de10 velopment to— 

11 ‘‘(A) identify United States critical do12 mains for economic security and homeland se13 curity; and 

14 ‘‘(B) evaluate the extent to which disrup15 tion, corruption, exploitation, or dysfunction of 

16 any of such domain poses a substantial threat 

17 to homeland security. 

18 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) RISK ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL DO20 MAINS.—The research under paragraph (1) 

21 shall include a risk analysis of each identified 

22 United States critical domain for economic se23 curity to determine the degree to which there 

24 exists a present or future threat to homeland 

25 security in the event of disruption, corruption, 

26 exploitation, or dysfunction to such domain. 


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1 Such research shall consider, to the extent pos2 sible, the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) The vulnerability and resilience of 

4 relevant supply chains. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Foreign production, processing, 

6 and manufacturing methods. 

7 ‘‘(iii) Influence of malign economic ac8 tors. 

9 ‘‘(iv) Asset ownership. 

10 ‘‘(v) Relationships within the supply 

11 chains of such domains. 

12 ‘‘(vi) The degree to which the condi13 tions referred to in clauses (i) through (v) 

14 would place such a domain at risk of dis15 ruption, corruption, exploitation, or dys16 function. 

17 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INTO HIGH18 RISK CRITICAL DOMAINS.—Based on the identi19 fication and risk analysis of United States crit20 ical domains for economic security pursuant to 

21 paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) of this 

22 paragraph, respectively, the Secretary may con23 duct additional research into those critical do24 mains, or specific elements thereof, with respect 

25 to which there exists the highest degree of a 


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1 present or future threat to homeland security in 

2 the event of disruption, corruption, exploitation, 

3 or dysfunction to such a domain. For each such 

4 high-risk domain, or element thereof, such re5 search shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) describe the underlying infra7 structure and processes; 

8 ‘‘(ii) analyze present and projected 

9 performance of industries that comprise or 

10 support such domain; 

11 ‘‘(iii) examine the extent to which the 

12 supply chain of a product or service nec13 essary to such domain is concentrated, ei14 ther through a small number of sources, or 

15 if multiple sources are concentrated in one 

16 geographic area; 

17 ‘‘(iv) examine the extent to which the 

18 demand for supplies of goods and services 

19 of such industries can be fulfilled by 

20 present and projected performance of other 

21 industries, identify strategies, plans, and 

22 potential barriers to expand the supplier 

23 industrial base, and identify the barriers to 

24 the participation of such other industries; 


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1 ‘‘(v) consider each such domain’s per2 formance capacities in stable economic en3 vironments, adversarial supply conditions, 

4 and under crisis economic constraints; 

5 ‘‘(vi) identify and define needs and re6 quirements to establish supply resiliency 

7 within each such domain; and 

8 ‘‘(vii) consider the effects of sector 

9 consolidation, including foreign consolida10 tion, either through mergers or acquisi11 tions, or due to recent geographic realign12 ment, on such industries’ performances. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the re14 search under paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) 

15 of paragraph (2), the Secretary may consult with 

16 appropriate Federal agencies, State agencies, and 

17 private sector stakeholders. 

18 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—Beginning one year after 

19 the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec20 retary shall publish a report containing information 

21 relating to the research under paragraph (1) and 

22 subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), including find23 ings, evidence, analysis, and recommendations. Such 

24 report shall be updated annually through 2026. 


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1 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 

2 days after the publication of each report required under 

3 paragraph (4) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall trans4 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu6 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate each such re7 port, together with a description of actions the Secretary, 

8 in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, will un9 dertake or has undertaken in response to each such report. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) UNITED STATES CRITICAL DOMAINS FOR

12 ECONOMIC SECURITY.—The term ‘United States 

13 critical domains for economic security’ means the 

14 critical infrastructure and other associated indus15 tries, technologies, and intellectual property, or any 

16 combination thereof, that are essential to the eco17 nomic security of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(2) ECONOMIC SECURITY.—The term ‘eco19 nomic security’ means the condition of having secure 

20 and resilient domestic production capacity, combined 

21 with reliable access to the global resources necessary 

22 to maintain an acceptable standard of living and to 

23 protect core national values. 


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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of 

3 fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

5 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

6 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

7 890A the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 890B. Homeland security critical domain research and development.’’. 

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