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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5962 
To manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 
Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence 
training, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supply Chain Security 
Training Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. TRAINING PROGRAM TO MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN 
RISK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
General Services, through the Federal Acquisition Insti-
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tute, shall develop a training program for officials with 
supply chain risk management responsibilities at Federal 
agencies. 
(b) CONTENT.—The training program shall be de-
signed to prepare such personnel to perform supply chain 
risk management activities and identify and mitigate sup-
ply chain security threats that arise throughout the acqui-
sition lifecycle, including for the acquisition of information 
and communications technology. The training program 
shall— 
(1) include, considering the protection of classi-
fied and other sensitive information, information on 
current, specific supply chain security threats; and 
(2) be updated as determined to be necessary 
by the Administrator. 
(c) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—In devel-
oping the training program, the Administrator shall— 
(1) coordinate with the Federal Acquisition Se-
curity Council, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
and the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment; and 
(2) consult with the Director of the Department 
of Defense’s Defense Acquisition University and the 
Director of National Intelligence. 
(d) GUIDANCE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the training program is developed under sub-
section (a), the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall promulgate guidance to Fed-
eral agencies requiring executive agency adoption 
and use of the training program. Such guidance 
shall— 
(A) allow executive agencies to incorporate 
the training program into existing agency train-
ing programs; and 
(B) provide guidance on how to identify 
executive agency officials with supply chain risk 
management responsibilities. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall make the guidance 
promulgated under paragraph (1) available to Fed-
eral agencies of the legislative and judicial branches. 
SEC. 3. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM. 
Not later than 180 days after the completion of the 
first course, and annually thereafter for the next three 
years, the Administrator of General Services shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees and leader-
ship a report on implementation of the training program 
required under section 2. 
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